Professor blames lack of discipline for Arsenal's Wigan horror show
Arsene Wenger blamed a lack of discipline for Arsenal s alarming collapse at Wigan on Sunday. His side looked set for a comfortable three points after taking a 2-0 lead through Theo Walcott and Mikael Silvestre. But with less than a quarter of an hour rem
Arsene Wenger blamed a lack of discipline for Arsenal's alarming collapse at Wigan on Sunday.
His side looked set for a comfortable three points after taking a 2-0 lead through Theo Walcott and Mikael Silvestre.
But with less than a quarter of an hour remaining Ben Watson pulled one back for the Latics and then Titus Bramble levelled after Lukasz Fabianski weakly fumbled a routine corner.
Roberto Martinez's side then pulled off a remarkable comeback to win the game when Charles N'Zogbia sliced through a tired Arsenal rearguard to fire home an unstoppable effort.
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"I believe that we were not focused and were not disciplined and we got caught," moaned Wenger.
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"Overall in football you have to keep focused for 90 minutes, especially against a team who has nothing to lose and fights not to go down. They will not give up and in the end we were punished.
"After we went 2-0 up our game lacked cohesion and discipline and I always felt that we could be punished.
