Arsene Wenger had to face the frustration of seeing Jack Wilshere sent off against Manchester United on Saturday, even though he knew that the youngster was on a final warning from Mike Dean.
As expected Wilshere lunged in for another tackle on Patrice Evra in the 69th minute and was duly sent off, and Wenger admitted that he wanted to take Wilshere off before that, but had no other possibilities on the bench after already brnging on Walcott for Ramsey.
Wenger was asked why he hadn’t taken Wilshere off and he replied: “Yes, of course I thought about replacing Wilshere. But we were in a position where we had to attack and I had no offensive central midfielders on the bench as well.
“I thought I would leave him a bit longer and the red card looked harsh from the bench.”
Wenger DID actually have Andrei Arshavin among the substitutes and brought him on for Podolski with ten minutes of the game remaining. Personally I wouldn’t have thought that Wilshere was ready to play the full 90 minutes anyway, and Wenger should have planned to replace him after an hour whether he was on a warning or not……..
MEGAN FOX talks to Dolphins with ACERTags: red card, Wenger, WilshereCategory Arsenal game review, Arsenal News
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