ARSENE Wenger was left lamenting a “huge,
huge blow” as Arsenal were beaten 3-1 by
Aston Villa in their opening home game of the
Premier League campaign. “It’s hugely disappointing to start the
championship with a defeat,” he said, as he
attempted to digest a growing list of problems
with the season one game old. “We are there to spend money,” he said.
“People say: ‘Buy players, buy players, buy
players … ‘ But who? We analyse every single
player in the world and work 24 hours a day for
that. We are serious about it. Until we buy
players we have to win football games.” Wenger was unhappy with the referee Anthony
Taylor “I didn’t like his performance but more
than his performance I didn’t like his spirit of
how he refereed the game,” the Arsenal
manager said: “The linesman said he to me he
did not give the penalty and he was at the level of the tackle, so why does the referee who did
not give the penalty straight away suddenly
give the penalty? That is what is amazing to
me.”
Arsene Wenger Photo: Arsenal.com Concerns stretch beyond an early setback as
Wenger counted the cost of a series of new
injuries. Kieran Gibbs, Bacary Sagna, Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tomas Rosicky and Aaron
Ramsey are all nursing problems. “As well as to
lose the game, we have many injuries, many kicks, many on the treatment table,” Wenger
said. “We have some trouble to recover some
players for Wednesday night.” There is precious little time for Arsenal to
recover before their Champions League
qualifier against Fenerbahce. They travel to
Turkey on Tuesday. Villa beat Arsenal thanks to two Christian
Benteke goals and a late breakaway goal from
the debutant Antonio Luna. Laurent Koscielny
was sent off.
huge blow” as Arsenal were beaten 3-1 by
Aston Villa in their opening home game of the
Premier League campaign. “It’s hugely disappointing to start the
championship with a defeat,” he said, as he
attempted to digest a growing list of problems
with the season one game old. “We are there to spend money,” he said.
“People say: ‘Buy players, buy players, buy
players … ‘ But who? We analyse every single
player in the world and work 24 hours a day for
that. We are serious about it. Until we buy
players we have to win football games.” Wenger was unhappy with the referee Anthony
Taylor “I didn’t like his performance but more
than his performance I didn’t like his spirit of
how he refereed the game,” the Arsenal
manager said: “The linesman said he to me he
did not give the penalty and he was at the level of the tackle, so why does the referee who did
not give the penalty straight away suddenly
give the penalty? That is what is amazing to
me.”
Arsene Wenger Photo: Arsenal.com Concerns stretch beyond an early setback as
Wenger counted the cost of a series of new
injuries. Kieran Gibbs, Bacary Sagna, Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Tomas Rosicky and Aaron
Ramsey are all nursing problems. “As well as to
lose the game, we have many injuries, many kicks, many on the treatment table,” Wenger
said. “We have some trouble to recover some
players for Wednesday night.” There is precious little time for Arsenal to
recover before their Champions League
qualifier against Fenerbahce. They travel to
Turkey on Tuesday. Villa beat Arsenal thanks to two Christian
Benteke goals and a late breakaway goal from
the debutant Antonio Luna. Laurent Koscielny
was sent off.
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