I was really happy with the way Wenger set up the team but unfortunately, that is probably the worst I have ever seen Wilshere play. His lack of a yard, maybe a yard and a half but probably more like two yards, really brings him back to the field: he was atrocious and made Monreal's task extremely difficult by his shocking display.
Last night was a very good game to really assess our players: Szczesny cannot handle the pressure games and as against Everton, when the screws are really turned, he lacks the mental toughness to be in control. A goalkeeper with a clear head would have saved Deulofeu's shot. Against City form the start, he was hyperventilating.
Mertesacker, no worries, the same for Koscielny and Vermaelen when he came on plus Sagna and Monreal although the last two were let down by thick-as-a-brick Walcott and Wilshere.
Ramsey and Flemini in particular are great and Ozil, he is not a crunching tackling machine, he is class and although his wasn't the greatest of performances, he has made a huge difference to our side and needs the other 4 midfielders doing their job for him to shine.
Spoken about Wishere and his kindie antics don't help him much either.
Walcott's finishing was great but he is not team orientated and does not play his position and when the team was pushing hard in the second half, this prick was coming into the center and not providing us with the width we needed and when he did get the ball, he was too busy looking to get his personal glory hat-trick rather than doing the team thing.
Giroud tries hard but is not top shelf.
In summary, against a team like Manchester City in a crucial game, you need to have every one playing as a unit and 11 players of the highest quality.
On last night”s performance, we need three players to be title winners.
PS. I was astonished that Wenger took off Flemini and brought on Gnarby. Surely it should have been Wilshere and at 4-2, we still looked like we could fight to a draw, as unlikely as that was but without Flemini, no hope.