Wenger’s tale of woe goes on

Arsenal 0 Liverpool 2

That’s the increasingly doom-laden message emanating from certain sections of the Arsenal support and defeat to Liverpool on Saturday heightened the sense of impending failure this season threatens to bring.

Make no mistake, Arsene Wenger is hurtling head first into a perfect storm, with tumultuous events off the field exacerbated by events on it. Nothing can go right for Arsenal at the moment — Emmanuel Frimpong’s red card against Kenny Dalglish’s men swiftly followed Gervinho’s on the opening day, the captain has done a runner and on Saturday, even one of their own player scored against them.