Quote Originally Posted by Gooner23 View Post
Bizarre decison to play him then.

Xhaka needs a run in the side now. With either Elneny or Coq alongside him.

I wasn't against a bit of rotation (Sanchez definitely needed a rest) but Wenger went too far. Ox should have started on the right and likes of Ozil and Theo could have been on the bench. The first round is for the youngsters, not a QF.

But I'm with others that say the players need to have a look at themselves. Plenty of experience out there still and they just didn't perform.
Yes they did. They played to the style and methods that we are very used to. They played the same way the senior team plays. The only difference is that Sanchez was not playing to do what others cannot seem to do. Put the ball in the net. We are a team who even with Sanchez has averaged 3 shots (i guess) in each game. This is what we do. Players built and trained for meaningless possession. I can confidently predict that we will not win any game that Sanchez does not play in.