Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was booed and jeered by
Gunners fans as he boarded a train at Stoke-on-Trent station
following the club's 3-2 defeat at the Britannia Stadium on
Saturday.
Arsenal fell behind after only 19 seconds and were 3-0 down
by half-time, and although they pulled two goals back in quick
succession after the break they were unable to salvage a point.
Footage on YouTube showed Arsenal supporters booing the
Frenchman, who has been manager since 1996, with one
shouting at him to "f--- off and leave," while another shouted
to striker Joel Campbell: "Get out while you can, Joel."
Arsenal's defeat brought an abrupt halt to a run of three
successive wins, and defender Per Mertesacker said they had
only themselves to blame.
The former Germany international, a World Cup winner in
the summer, said the players had shown character in the
second half, but admitted that their first half display had made
the situation impossible.
"We nearly came back from a shocking first half," he told
Arsenal's official website. "We had to show some morale and
some respect to our travelling fans.
"At half-time we said to ourselves: 'We're going to fight until
the end, no matter what happens.' That was the only positive
thing. We're not normally like that [defensively], so it's a big
regret.
"We have a few problems. We have had a couple of games in
the last two weeks so we had to shuffle around a bit and
sometimes when you're not used to a position, you can find
yourself one or two yards from the right position.
"That's not an excuse -- overall we lacked a lot of things,
especially in the first half, and we tried to turn it around and
keep our chins up to give ourselves a much better position."
Midfielder Mathieu Flamini said: "We are very upset with
ourselves and very sorry for our fans, who travelled here."
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