Pressure back on Wenger as Gunners all out of ideas

Much has been made of Alexis Sanchez’s transfer to Manchester United, the suggestion being that Arsenal have got the rough end of the deal by losing their best player.

And while Henrikh Mkhitaryan — who started on the bench here — and the incoming Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will surely improve Arsene Wenger’s side as an attacking force, this performance in Swansea did nothing to convince anyone that it’s not United who have been strengthened by the swap which remains the biggest deal of the January transfer window to date.

This was another reminder that the Gunners still need strengthening at both ends of the field. Simply put, Arsenal weren’t good enough and they deserved to lose.