Arteta, WAS woeful and is always looking like the person most likely to cost us when the other team puts pressure on or if its a counterattack. He loses most of his 1 on 1s and will then resort to fouling in costly positions. I dont blame him because he never was a defensive midfielder and Wenger keeps playing him as such. The one thing that grates me with Wenger is when he puts personal loyalty to a player ahead of the interests of the team. Arteta should have been substituted and not either Ramsey or Wilshire. Arteta, however is vice captain and Wenger somehow cannot bring himself to put 2 captains on the bench at the same time, its as if the thinks that somehow will reflect badly on him. which i guess it will.

We need another proper defensive midfielder to play with or sub in for Flamini and a striker who will make the difference in games like this. I like Giroud and what he brings to our game but he is in the 3rd tier of strikers with Messi, Ronaldo and Aguero et al in the 1st tier. Since we cant get those we need to shop at the 2nd level, either in January or June