Jamie Redknapp slams 'shambolic' Arsenal as Thierry Henry questions attitude in West Brom loss
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ByEurosport
Updated 18/03/2017 at 15:20 GMT
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp has accused Arsenal of letting Arsene Wenger down in their 3-1 defeat to West Brom at the Hawthorns.
West Bromwich Albion's Craig Dawson scores their third goal.
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The former Liverpool and England midfielder launched a blistering attack on the Arsenal defence especially over the lack of organistion as Craig Dawson scored twice with easy headers in each half.
Arsenal have lost their last three league matches 3-1 away from home. They trail fourth-placed Liverpool by five points having played one game less.
Since the 3-1 defeat at Chelsea in early February, Arsenal have suffered two 5-1 defeats to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16 and league losses at Liverpool and West Brom.
"I have never seen such shambolic defending..the players have let Arsene Wenger down and Arsenal down today," said Redknapp.
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Thierry Henry and Jamie Redknapp
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"That’s the worst Arsenal performance I’ve seen in a long, long time.
"That's the sort of performance that gets managers the sack.
“Surely somebody has told them before the game you need to be very careful, McAuley, Dawson, they are monsters at set-pieces. You need leaders in the dressing room, somebody has to be organising, but it was a parting of the ways.
“I feel so sorry for those Arsenal fans that have come up in their droves. I thought there would be a performance but that was diabolical.
Arsene Wenger has taken a lot of stick, I hope he’s in that dressing room telling those players exactly what he thinks of them because they have let him down and let the club down. How much do the players care? Not a lot on this evidence. And how much do they want Arsene Wenger to stay? There was no fight, no willing. Their leaders went missing. You need more from their star names.
Former Arsenal striker Thierry Hendry was equally scathing as he questioned the attitude of the team.
"You have to do something with it and they had nowhere near the desire, commitment and attitude required to win a game in the Premier League," he said.
"We can talk about whether Arsene Wenger or Alexis Sanchez will stay, let’s talk about West Brom. You have to win at West Brom and they couldn’t do it. Especially the way they lost, it was all about attitude.”
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