Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday led to an outpouring of anger among the Gunners faithful, the magnitude of which has rarely been seen in the past 18 months.
A defeat against a United side lacking in numbers as heavily as Louis van Gaal’s was at Old Trafford is far from the end of the world, though the nature of several displays from individual Arsenal players spoke volumes.
Alexis Sanchez seems some way from recovering the fearsome form he was displaying before his hamstring injury in November. Gabriel could not cut the mistakes out of his game. Theo Walcott was nowhere to be seen.
Aaron Ramsey’s erratic performances at the base of midfield have seen the Welshman come under increasing pressure - with statistics from fantasy football game Oulala offering an indictment of his ability to stop opponents - while Olivier Giroud is struggling to find the net.
There are, in short, more than a few players struggling to convince at the moment. Standard Sport has been combing our ratings of recent matches to pick out the leading first-teamers who have most consistently struggled over the last 10 games; a period during which Arsenal have won just three times.
But who should shoulder the most blame for Arsenal’s recent woes? Is the problem at the back, in the middle or in front of goal?
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