After playing a decent first half, Arsenal miraculously, no sorry, very character-truly collapsed to a 4-1 defeat against Chelsea in the final of the Europa League.
One man, who found the collapse interesting was Arsene Wenger. We, however, found it ironical because it was during the days of Wenger’s reign at Arsenal that these collapses had become a regular occurence.
Exactly what was he observing? This habit of breaking in was stemmed in by his teams and Emery is trying his best to rid of that.
“I felt that in the first half we did quite alright but as soon as Chelsea scored the first goal we collapsed completely,” Wenger told beIN SPORTS.
“In the second half we didn’t exist. It was a sad night for us.”
“I agree that until the quarter-final in the Europa League you play with a reserve team when you play in England because the Premier League is so demanding,” the Frenchman added.
“I would say that even in the Champions League group stage you rest players, when you have a difficult game over the weekend, sometimes even in the group stage because you’re close to qualifying.
“The Premier League is so difficult that until the quarter-final the teams play with [players] who do not play in the Premier League.
“I think in recent years it is always the team who got knocked out in the Champions League group stage who won for many, many years in the Europa League.”
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