• I feel guilty when we finish second and have a difficult tie, manager says
The admission was volunteered unsolicited after a question more focused on the calibre of prospective rival in the knockout phase. Arsenal may not have lost a game in any competition since the opening weekend of the season but, as Arsène Wenger suggested, they have been “a bit stuttering recently”. They confront Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday in a match which may determine who wins Group A but, with a tricky draw ahead whatever happens next, the real significance of a victory would be psychological.
The frustration stems from recent rather stodgy displays. Wenger might have reflected on a home draw with Middlesbrough or a suspect opening against Ludogorets in Sofia, but cited instead an inability to build on a first-half lead against Tottenham Hotspur before the international break. Then there was the rather sluggish display at Manchester United on Saturday when even a very late equaliser did not paper over the cracks.
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