From 3-0 up, at home, with less than a half of football left to play against Anderlecht – Arsenal’s shambolic collapse on Tuesday night has managed to scupper any hopes of topping their Champions League group even if they do achieve a win over Dortmund in two weeks time.
If Wenger were to look at the defence sooner rather than later and make good use of the January window he may finally be able to break this self sustaining cycle – accommodated by how slow he is to react to/replace departures of top players like Robin van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and going back as far as Patrick Vieira. Here are three players he could consider in the January market to solve Arsenal’s current defensive woes, and prevent events like those on Tuesday night happening again:
