Wenger wants Arsenal response

Manager Arsene Wenger hopes Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat to relegation battlers QPR at Loftus Road will “shock” the Gunners into a response against Manchester City.

Arsenal went into yesterday’s encounter on the back of seven straight Barclays Premier League wins which had lifted them up into third place, and given fans hope of perhaps overhauling second-placed City during the closing weeks of the campaign.