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The farce before Barca: Wasteful Arsenal presents Wenger with another massive headache

The Gunners were held to a scoreless draw by Hull on Saturday in an FA Cup fifth-round fixture at the Emirates Stadium.

LONDON — Arsene Wenger claimed in his pre-match news conference that it would be “disrespectful” to scrap FA Cup replays — but the Arsenal manager may change his tune after a drab scoreless draw with Hull on Saturday.

Despite ending the game with 23 shots on the Hull goal, Arsenal ran out of ideas and will be punished for its profligate finishing with a tricky fifth-round replay on Humberside in the midst of a schedule already crammed with midweek fixtures.