Arsenal cannot use injuries as an excuse for their 5-1 humiliation at the hands of Liverpool on Saturday, insists goalkeeper Bernd Leno.
Unai Emery's men were without several players for the Premier League clash at Anfield, as a knee injury to Mesut Ozil saw the attacking midfielder added to the list of absentees which already included Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Hector Bellerin and Danny Welbeck, among others.
Although the north London side took an early lead through 21-year-old Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Jurgen Klopp's men drew level three minutes later to send them on the way to a resounding victory.
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And Leno says his side have no excuse for shipping five goals against their rivals, even though they were without some key players.