A broken club! Abysmal Arsenal Ruthlessly expose by Man city

This was a game that ended as a contest after just 90

 seconds.

As soon as Gabriel Jesus was allowed to ghost 

through the Arsenal defence and cross for Kevin De 

Bruyne to score, there was only going to be one 

winner.

Manchester City may sit 14 points off champions-

elect Liverpool before Christmas, but they still 

operate on another level to this abject Arsenal side.

It ended 3-0 but, i,n truth it could have been anything.

 City didn’t even have to get out of second gear.

Last season’s title winners were in cruise control and

 it was yet another panful illustration of how far 

behind England’s elite Arsenal have fallen.

They sit seven points off the relegation zone and, 

with two away games coming up at Everton and 

Bournemouth before Chelsea and Manchester 

United 

visit the Emirates, things could look very bleak at the 

start of 2020 for the Gunners.

A season that started full of optimism has now 

descended into catastrophe and the most worrying 

aspect about it all is that you sense there is still 

worse to come.

There is no head coach, the squad is a mess, 

confidence levels are at rock bottom and, defensively, 

Arsenal are as bad as they come.

We’ve seen this season that influential fan groups 

have joined together to ask owner Stan Kroenke, ‘We 

care; do you?’ On this evidence, the answer is no.

The fact Arsenal sacked Unai Emery three weeks ago

 and haven’t even started interviewing for a possible 

successor sums up the problems at the club right 

now. Where is the planning? Where is the leadership?

For any big organisation – sporting or otherwise – to

 be successful, those in power have to be strong and

 decisive. At Arsenal, however, the ownership is 

rotten to the core.

Freddie Ljungberg has now taken charge of five 

games. He’s won one, drawn two and lost two. There

 has been no improvement, aside from that nine-

minute burst at West Ham.

Arsenal head to Everton on Saturday, pitting them 

against a club who also have a temporary boss in 

charge. Duncan Ferguson has taken four points from

 his two games at the helm of the Toffees, inspiring a

 win against Chelsea and a draw at Old Trafford.

Everton’s players have looked re-energised under 

their new coach; Arsenal, meanwhile, look as 

lethargic as they did under Unai Emery.

The way Fernandinho was allowed to walk out of 

defence and slip the ball through to Jesus in the build

 up to De Bruyne’s opener inside two minutes 

summed it up. There can’t be an easier team to play 

against than Arsenal right now.

City didn’t even have to break sweat. They just sat 

deep, waited to beat the press and then broke quickly,

 destroying the home side at will.

Raheem Sterling added a second on 15 minutes and 

the brilliant De Bruyne made it 3-0 just before half-

time. Only a magnificent save from Bernd Leno 

denied the Belgium international a first half hat-trick.

At that point, you thought Arsenal would at least 

come out after the interval and show some fight, but 

they didn’t. In fact, they mustered just three shots in 

the second 45 minutes, none of which were on 

target.

The frustration in the stands was there for all to see 

and Mesut Ozil bore the brunt of it when he was 

substituted 20 minutes from time. Just as they did 

for Granit Xhaka two months ago, the boos started to

 ring out as Ozil trudged off the pitch slowly to be 

replaced by Emile Smith Rowe.

Unlike Xhaka, Ozil at least managed to stop himself 

from telling the fans to ‘fu*k off’, but he did rip off his

 gloves and kick them up in the air before taking his 

place on the bench.

It was yet another incident which perfectly 

encapsulated where Arsenal right now. From top to 

bottom, the club feels broken. It is going to take a 

brave man to come in to try and fix this mess.

Mikel Arteta is one of the leading candidates to be 

that man. But as he sat next to Pep Guardiola and 

saw first hand just how bad things are at his former 

club, he must have thought he would be far better off

 staying exactly where he is.

And to be honest, who would blame him?