16 August,2016 08:17 AM IST | | AFP
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his team were not physically ready for the Premier League season after opening the campaign with a chaotic 3-4 defeat at home to Liverpool
Arsene Wenger
London: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said his team were not physically ready for the Premier League season after opening the campaign with a chaotic 3-4 defeat at home to Liverpool.
Arsene Wenger
With Per Mertesacker and Gabriel injured and Laurent Koscielny short of match fitness, Wenger deployed Calum Chambers, 21, and 20-year-old debutant Rob Holding at centre-back in Sunday's game.
"Physically we are not ready," Wenger said.
"You are in a Catch 22 situation with the Euros - do you give the players a rest and start the season without many of your players?
"Or do they play in this kind of game and get injured, like Ramsey today?
"We had many players that played very late in the Euros. We had four players who went very late."
Arsenal will next play defending champions Leicester City on Saturday.
