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Midfield issues should concern Wenger ahead of Arsenal's visit to Chelsea

For years, Arsenal have been analysed with the use of cliches: not enough characters, a lack of mental strength, trying to walk the ball into the net, comfortable with fourth place; the list goes on.

But Tuesday's loss to Watford wasn't really "classic" Arsenal. Arsene Wenger's sides are often criticised for failing to perform in big matches, for going into their shell against physical sides and for struggling at certain points in the season. But they don't generally lose apparently simple home matches against bottom-half sides, and certainly not in the manner of their latest defeat.

Watford didn't adopt the typical "away at Arsenal" approach, in that they didn't sit deep and they didn't look to frustrate their hosts.