Wenger attacks his team's 'lack of concentration, communication and co-ordination'

The Arsenal manager said that such were the “huge frustrations” of his side’s desperate form following the 4-3 loss at Ewood Park — their third loss in five Premier League games – that the club’s whole season now depended “on how well we respond to this disappointment and how quickly we can cut out the mistakes”.

The pressure on Wenger is growing, with doubts over whether he has the appetite to reverse Arsenal’s fortunes. It is a crisis compounded by the apparent lack of leadership at the top of the club.

Arsenal lie 17th in the Premier League table having won just one match, only a point above the relegation places and with the worst goal difference – minus eight — of any club in the top flight.