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Arsene Wenger was one of the longest-serving managers in the modern day football. He is known for crafting young players into world-class talents. Thiery Herny, Cesc Fabregas, and Robin Van Persie are some of the best players he has developed.
The Frenchman has spent 22 years with the London club and now his time with Gunners has officially come to an end. Unai Emery has been appointed as his replacement.
His 22 year stay at Arsenal has given fans many moments to cherish such as their invincible season, but there have been many lopsided ones as well.
He has been criticized as under his management their talismanic players like Robin Van Persie and Alexis Sanchez left the Gunners for Machester United. While the likes of Samir Nasri, Emmanuel Adebayor, Gael Clichy and Kolo Toure also left the Emirates for their direct rivals Manchester City.
Though the most humiliating moments have been the defeats by big scoreline against top teams is what hurts the Arsenal fans the most. In so many games, Arsenal under Arsene Wenger have been beaten by the top opposition and the Gunners did not even put up a proper fight in those matches.
Here we revisit those humiliating moments and look at 10 of Arsene Wenger's worst defeats as an Arsenal manager:
#10 Manchester City 6-3 Arsenal (Premier League 14 December 2013)
Arsenal were at the top of the table at that time and were flying high in the Premier Leauge only to brought back to the ground by Manchester City at the Etihad in 2013.
A Fernandinho brace, one from Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Alvaro Negredo and a Yaya Toure penalty helped City score 6 while for Arsenal a brace from Theo Walcott and one from Per Mertesacker were not enough to salvage something from the game for the Gunners.
That week was Arsenal's second defeat in a week and City closed the gap to 3 points to the top of the table. Later on, the then Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini went on to claim that his side could have scored even more goals.
The main problem for Arsenal in that match was that they could not match Manchester City's pace, power and skill at the Etihad. Though they did manage to reduce the deficit to 3 goals, but the fact that they conceded 6 goals in clearly very humiliating for a top club like Arsenal.
#9 Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal (Champions League 15/02/2017)
Arsenal went into the tie as the second favourites and it seemed very obvious that there Round of 16 hoodoos would continue. But the way in which they were literally crumbled by the Bavarian giants still gives nightmares to the Arsenal faithful.
Bayern Munich opened the scoring through a trademark Arjen Robben cutting inside and finding the right-hand side top corner. Arsenal responded well and went on level terms at half-time through an Alexis Sanchez goal.
But Germany's most successful club showed their class and they tormented the Gunners defense with four goals in the second half with one each from Lewandoski and Muller while Thiago hit a brace.
Though Arsenal were always the underdogs in this tie but the way they lost 5-1 would not have been acceptable at any top-level European club. Bayern defeated the Arsenal as if they were playing against a low-level Bundesliga team.
#8 Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal (Premier League 27/08/2017)
Liverpool displayed a dazzling attacking play to destroy Arsenal by four goals to nil. The pace of Liverpool's front three Firmino, Mane, and Salah was too much to deal with for the sloppy Gunners defence.
Roberto Firmino's header gave the Reds the lead from a Joe Gomez cross. Sadio Mane curled one in for the second goal. Mo Salah sprinted half the field after Arsenal lost possession from a corner kick and it was three for Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge piled more misery by scoring the fourth goal.
What was more humiliating for the Gunners was that despite being known for their attacking football they failed to register even a single shot on target against Liverpool. The scoreline would be have been different had Peter Cech not made so many stunning saves to keep Liverpool at bay.
Arsenal legend Thiery Herny said that after watching Arsenal's performance he felt like he wanted to leave Anfield.
#7 Bayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal (Champions League 07/03/2018)
When you are considered a top team in one of the best leagues in the world and you lose 5-1 to an opponent and you again meet them after two weeks. What could you possibly do? Give a response, save some pride or try to make a comeback. But Arsenal being Arsenal did exactly the opposite they again lost 5-1 to the same opponent.
After losing 5-1 to Bayern at the Allianz Arena they again lost to Bayern at the Emirates 5-1. The Gunners started brightly as Theo Walcott opened the scoring in the 20th minute. and a little hope of an unlikely come back popped up. But they were brought down to earth by 53rd minute Lewandoski penalty, one from Costa and Robben and a late brace from Vidal.
Though we could cut Arsenal some slack as they were down to 10 men as Laurent Koscielny was sent off. The 5-1 defeat was the biggest Arsenal have suffered at the Emirates. Though Arsenal did fight in that match, but the Bavarian giants were always in control.
The fact that they lost to Bayern Munich just two weeks ago by a humiliating 5-1 scoreline, Gunners fans expected much more from their team, but they disappointed them and again lost embarrassingly by the same scoreline.
#6 Manchester United 6-1 Arsenal (Premier League 25/02/2001)
Even after almost two decades of this match, it is talked about. Less than five months before this game Arsenal put United to the sword at Highbury courtesy a terrific goal from Thiery Herny.
To make the matters worse for the Red Devils they were not really in a very good goalscoring form before the game and on top of it Arsene Wenger famously claimed that "United haven’t done anything special this season”.
At halftime at Old Trafford Arsenal went into the halftime break 5-1 down. A Dwight Yorke hat-trick within 25 minutes helped Machester United to tear apart the Gunners and they went on to win the match by a scoreline of 6-1.
The victory of Gunners took Manchester United 16 points clear of the top of the table as Gunners finished runners-up in that Premier League campaign and 18 points behind Manchester United.
#5 Liverpool 5-1 Arsenal (Premier League 08/02/2014)
Arsenal went into the match in good form and surprisingly they were at the top of the table. But Liverpool made a mockery of the Gunners by defeating them in empathic style as they scored four goals within the first twenty minutes of the game.
Martin Skrtel scored twice from set pieces, Raheem Sterling hit a brace and Daniel Sturridge added another one to complete the misery for Arsenal. A Mike Arteta's penalty in the second half was the only consolation for the traveling team.
Had Arsenal won this game they would have been able to mount a serious challenge for the title. Something they haven't done in a long time. But instead, they bottled it and they bottled it really bad, and that is why it so humiliating and painful for their fans.
The defeat was far more comprehensive than the scoreline suggests and Liverpool managed to do so at a time when they were mainly a one-man show in Luis Suarez. And the Uruguayan did not even score in that game.
#4 Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal (Premier League 28/08/2011)
Arsenal went into the match after one of their worst transfer window's. Cesc Fabregas left the club for his boyhood club FC Barcelona and Samir Nasri along with Gael Clichy joined Manchester City. It was the first time Arsenal conceded 8 goals since 1896.
A Wayne Rooney's hattrick, two sensational long-range curlers from Ashely Young and one apiece from Danny Welbeck, Ji Sung Park and Nani completed the humiliation for their arch-rivals. Robin Van Persie scored one and missed a penalty which could have turned the game around for the Gunners.
It was during this time that Arsenal's rivals not only dominated them on the pitch but they were also getting bullied in the transfer market. And these two factors were a huge source of frustration for Arsenal fans.
Despite having nearly £70 million transfer kitty Wenger did not sign any big household names to replace his outgoing stars.
#3 Southampton 4-0 Arsenal (Premier League 26/12/2015)
It seems like Arsenal did not learn anything from their 5-1 defeat to Liverpool a year ago as they again they had a chance to go at the top of the table had they beaten the Saints at Saint Mary. But again Arsenal being Arsenal they did not disappoint and they again badly bottled the chance to go on top of the table.
Southampton took the lead through Cuco Martina superb long-range half volley. Shane Long added the second from close range before Jose Fonte headed home a third from a corner kick. Shane Long then again added the fourth by scoring through Peter Cech's legs.
The Gunners had a chance to go on top of the table and they could have definitely challenged for the title. Also, the timing would have been perfect as all their rivals Chelsea and both Manchester clubs were struggling, Liverpool were no threat to the title and the only genuine contenders that season were Liechester City and Tottenham.
Had Arsenal won that game we might not have seen Liechester City fairytale victory to the title. But in Arsene, we trust but the truth is that this was Arsenal biggest chance of winning the title since 2004 and what infuriates the fans is that they bottled it and they bottled not against any top but with all due respect they bottled it to an average Southampton.
#2 Tottenham 5-1 Arsenal (Carling Cup 22/01/2008)
Arsenal and Tottenham are famous for the North London rivalry and whenever these two teams meet in any competition you can always expect fireworks. It was the Carling Cup semi-final, now known as the Carabao Cup and Spurs run riot from start to finish on their arch-rivals.
Jermaine Jenas opened the scoring for Spurs from a low shot and Lord Bendtner helped Tottenham score the second by scoring an own goal. Robbie Keane, Aaron Lenon and Malbranque each got one goal to give Tottenham a famous victory. Emmanuel Adebayor scored one goal which proved to be just a consolation goal.
It was mainly Arsenal who were mainly the dominant side in the North London and Spurs were always the second best. A defeat would have been acceptable, but a defeat in which they conceded five goals that too against their biggest rivals is just shameful.
Also, it was Arsenal first defeat to Spurs in nine years. The most painful thing for the fans is that Tottenham was always second fiddle to Arsenal in North London and despite that they managed to score five past them and Arsenal could just give one in reply.
#1 Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal (Premier League 22/03/2014)
This one has to be at the top of the list for two reasons. First, it was Arsene Wenger's 1000th match in charge of Arsenal and they lost so badly. Secondly, they lost it in no ordinary match but a proper London derby and no matter what a derby is always a must win for any team, but Arsenal on such a special occasion lost 6-0.
For Chelsea, Samuel Eto opened the scoring within six minutes and Andre Schurrrle added second two minutes later. While Eden Hazard scored one from the spot and Mo Salah scored his first goal for Chelsea, Oscar hit a brace in that game.
Though Arsenal were down to ten men by the 15 minute, but even before that time, they were playing horribly. It was Chelsea's biggest win over Arsenal in their history and it was the joint heaviest margin of defeat suffered by Arsene Wenger alongside the 8-2 defeat by Manchester United.
Arsenal fans expected their team to full of energy and enthusiasm since it was their gaffer's 1000th match in charge, but instead, they produced a shocking display which still gives Chelsea fans the right to mock their counterparts something which the Arsenal do not deserve.
