Arsene Wenger laments 'naive and immature' display as Arsenal lose to Borussia Dortmund
Arsene Wenger laments 'naive and immature' display as Arsenal lose to Borussia Dortmund
The Gunners boss could not hide his disappointment after his side fell to their first defeat since August
Frustrated: Wenger was clearly disappointed by Arsenal's display
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Arsene Wenger accused his team of being "naive and immature" after
conceding a late goal to be condemned to a 2-1 defeat by Borussia
Dortmund. The Frenchman
also claimed Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski could have been sent
off for elbowing Laurent Koscielny before his 82nd winner. Gunners
boss Wenger said: "We put ourselves on the back foot with the first
goal, and were a bit naïve with the second goal. If you look at the
number of saves our goalkeeper had to make and we conceded two goals,
then we can only look at ourselves.
"We were not mature enough. If
you cannot win a game then don't lose it. In the second half we were on
top, but made it difficult by giving them the second goal.
"It
looked like Lewandowksi could have been sent off. I haven't seen it
well, honestly, and the referee was in a much better situation. I will
have to look at it again." Injury worry: Wilshere was taken off on the hour-mark
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Arsenal also had an injury worry as Jack Wilshere went off
after hurting his right ankle and needed an ice pack on it after the
game.
Wilshere said: "I jarred it when I was going through. For
five or ten minutes it was painful, then I ran it off. But it made sense
to put ice on it. I've done that before, even before I had surgery. It
is just one of those things.
"Obviously I will have treatment tomorrow because it is still a bit swollen, but I should be all right for the weekend."
Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp apologised for ruining Wenger's 64th birthday .
"I'm
sorry about this, really. But it's a problem of the date. I have a
birthday in June when there are no football matches, only holiday," said
Klopp, who insisted Lewandowski did not deserve to see red.
"What
I saw from the stands, it was just another encounter between Robert
Lewandowski and Laurent Koscielny. The referee saw it. All of these
decisions should be about injury to the other player and not when a
player is trying to make more space. It was no red card, no lucky
situation."
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