Arsenal Fans Go Mental On Twitter After bad Coquelin News Breaks

Arsene Wenger’s preparations for Arsenal‘s huge Champions League tie this week have sustained further damage amid fears that Francis -Coquelin faces a lengthy absence with a knee ligament injury. Apart of that, we were on top of them and looked like the side that was going to win the game, even in the second half.

But two lax pieces of defending before half-time, and a late Santi Cazorla penalty miss, allowed West Brom to claim victory – their first over Arsenal at the Hawthorns since 2005.

After watching his side hammered 5-1 at Bayern Munich in their last European outing, Wenger said: “Let’s hope Bayern beat Olympiakos and we win at home against Zagreb, which would leave us with a chance to qualify from the last game”. It is at least two months, but we have had so many bad surprises that I do not want to speculate more than that.

Arsenal are now fourth in the EPL points table behind Leicester City, Manchester United and Manchester City.

As Arsenal have only won once away to a Tony Pulis team, and with their lack of defensive focus and killer touch, it was hard to escape the feeling that we have been here many times since that last title win in 2004.

ARSENAL: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin (Arteta, 14), Arteta (Flamini, 49), Cazorla, Sanchez, Ozil, Gibbs (Campbell, 63), Giroud.

Simply switch over to Freeview channel 59 at 7:45pm to see if Arsene Wenger can achieve the first step in his attempts to achieve a remarkable qualification for Arsenal, who have just three points after four games in Europe.

Arsenal’s must-win Champions League clash with Dinamo Zagreb will be available live on BT Sport Showcase tomorrow, meaning fans can watch the match for absolutely nothing. “The lads deserve it for the effort and commitment, but we’ve played better and done better and not got the results”.

Mikel Arteta, who replaced Coquelin at the Hawthorns, also had to be replaced after picking up an injury, and will miss the visit of Dinamo Zagreb too.

The tough tackling ability and composure he brought to central midfield gave Arsenal the steel they have often missed throughout the years and frankly they do not have a direct replacement for him in the squad.