Outgunned ‘Pool still expose Arsenal frailty

SO THE fight will continue until the end but there was little to suggest that this performance at Bloomfield Road was not just the latest false dawn for this Arsenal team.

Arsene Wenger has been more than outspoken in his defence of his team in recent weeks, despite seeing them fall away in the title race and knocked out of three competitions when it came to the crunch.

Yesterday they showed brilliance that no other team in the Premier League could handle at the same time as demonstrating why they still have such a long way to go before they can consider themselves ready to be champions.