Arsenal are not the sort of team that need a helping hand but Swansea were more than happy to oblige on an afternoon when Paul Clement saw with his own eyes just how big a job he has taken on. The Swansea head coach’s first league game in charge ended in humiliating fashion as Arsenal, aided by two own goals and an assist from Wayne Routledge, cantered to an emphatic victory.
It was almost comical at times as Swansea, so woeful defensively all season, pressed the self-destruct button again and again. Competitive before the interval and unfortunate to fall behind to Olivier Giroud’s fifth goal in as many matches, Swansea totally lost their way in the second half as it turned into an exercise in damage limitation for the Premier League’s bottom club.
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