After Liverpool, Arsenal players caught a ‘furious’ ‘morgue-like’ dressing room
Is the Arsenal dressing room noisy? Arsene Wenger told us after Stoke rode their luck to beat Arsenal 1-0:
“We have many leaders…of course at the moment, I would say Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny are the captains with Petr Cech so the natural responsibility goes to them.”
So how is Wenger is the dressing room? Former Arsenal defender Nigel Winterburn told us yesterday:
“Arsene Wenger’s usually very calm and calculated, but I have known players to say over the past few seasons when he gets a performance he finds unacceptable he has lost his temper somewhat.”
Sami Mokbel in the Mail:
Another defeat, another virtually silent dressing room. If there was ever a time to air some home truths then Anfield’s away facilities at around 6pm on Sunday was it… by and large, yet again, it was a morgue. Lifeless.
And in the Telegraph:
Petr Cech ripped into his Arsenal team-mates as he conducted a dressing-room inquest… He was furious
Or as former Arsenal player Lee Dixon has it:
There should be a few people being told off in that dressing room but I don’t think there will be and that’s the problem.
And Wenger:
“If you find a manager who is happy with that performance today, I wish you good luck. The emotions are negative, but it’s not the right moment to talk about that.”
Calm and calculated, then, as usual. And Cech took the lead among the players, as Wenger says he does. Plus ca change at the Gunners.
Posted: 29th, August 2017 | In: Arsenal, Back pages, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
