Paul Merson believes Arsenal are under ‘severe pressure’ after Rennes defeat and demands players take responsibility

Paul Merson believes Arsenal are under ‘severe pressure’ after Rennes defeat and demands players take responsibility
Paul Merson believes Arsenal are under severe pressure and the players must take responsibility after their damaging defeat to Rennes.On Thursday night, the Gunners were beaten 3-1 by the Ligue 1 side in their Europe League last-16 tie in France.2

The Arsenal players were stunned by the Rennes battering

The Gunners had started the game well and led through Alex Iwobi’s third-minute strike – only for things to go wrong once Sokratis Papastathopoulos picked up two bookings in a seven-minute spell.Rennes drew level immediately after the dismissal as Benjamin Bourigeuad struck a stunning equaliser before the Ligue 1 outfit dominated the second half and a Nacho Monreal own goal and a late Ismaila Sarr header secured a crucial victory at Roazhon Park.Arsenal now have it all to do in next week’s second leg if they are to progress to the quarter-finals and Merson believes the players are to blame.The players have got to take some responsibility here, the former Gunners forward told Adrian Durham and Darren Gough on Drivetime.2

Sokratis was shown red for the Gunners

Youre talking international football players on this pitch, surely theyve got to be big enough to get together and go Sit back, lets just sit back and soak it up.This is Rennes. This is not Juventus or Atletico Madrid or Barcelona.This is a middle of the table French team and theyre getting beat 3-1.I mean, they have put severe pressure on themselves next Thursday, severe pressure.

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