“Leicester did very well last year, but they lost their first game. There’s already a big a tension, and that is what you want. That is what the Premier League will be about this season. We know the way that we respond to disappointment will decide our season.” - Arsène Wenger
THE PREVIEW
In the wake of a deflating defeat, a manager really has to be earn his corn.
They must cut through the external noise, dispassionately assess what went wrong and play the role of taskmaster-cum-psychologist in preparation of the next game.
It is a process that Arsène Wenger would have hoped to have avoided until much later in the season, but after last Sunday’s home reverse to Liverpool, he has been hard at work at London Colney.