Arsene Wenger has taken some of the blame for the red card shown to Jack Wilshere as Arsenal lost to Manchester United on Saturday. Reports pointed to the fact that Alex Ferguson substituted Tom Cleverley who was in a similar position to Wilshere, basically one foul away from being sent off.
Wenger has said that Evra made a meal of the tackle, and the reason why he had not removed Wilshere from the field was a lack of options.
“But we were in a position where we had to attack, and I had no offensive central midfielders on the bench.”
Correct me if I am wrong, but central attacking midfield is the position that our little Russian Andrey Arshavin sees as his best, and is where he wants to play. Wenger even admitted that Arshavin is better when he plays narrower.
So did Wenger just forget about Arshavin? He did bring him on later, for Podolski, on the wing. It does not make any sense. I know Podolski was not having a great game, but he did not replace him until the last five minutes.
Does Wenger think that Arshavin is not good enough in the middle, or is he just covering himself for not replacing Jack? To be fair, Wilshere was our best option of getting back into the match at the time, so it was a risky decision. It can’t be very nice for Arshavin, though, to hear your manager say that he had no options in your favoured position when you are sitting on the bench hoping for a game. Does this mean that the Russian will soon be on his way out of the Emirates?
MEGAN FOX talks to Dolphins with ACERTags: Arshavin, Podolski, Wenger, WilshereCategory Arsenal Debate, Arsenal News
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