DELUDED Arsene Wenger lost the Euro plot last night as he declared: “This club is in great shape,” after a 10-2 aggregate humiliation by Bayern Munich.
The fuming Arsenal boss oversaw the heaviest defeat by any British team in Champions League history.
Yet he refused to even discuss his Emirates future and insisted last night’s 5-1 hammering was all the fault of Greek ref Tasos Sidiropoulos.
“I think we can compete with Bayern Munich and we have shown that tonight in the first-half,” Wenger amazingly declared.
“We produced a performance with the spirit and the pride that we wanted.
“This club is in great shape that at this moment is going through a difficult situation.
“We really put Bayern under pressure but the referee killed the game tonight and that was absolutely scandalous.
“Bayern are a good side but tonight they can say ‘thankyou’ to the referee for the irresponsible decisions in the second-half.
The Emirates was half empty at the final whistle after five Bayern goals in a devastating second-half spell prompted forlorn chants of “We want Wenger out”.
But the stubborn Frenchman has no intention of standing down and snapped: “You are always worried about your headlines, but I am here to speak about football, not about my future.
“I know we will take a lot of criticism and we have to take it on the chin, but that won’t change my mind about tonight because we were really unlucky.
“We have to stand up and give all kind of explanations but at the end of the day the referee is the reason for this result.
“There was no uncertainty in our game. I felt we played very well. That is what leaves me very angry and frustrated.
“We knew before the game that it was very difficult to qualify. We wanted at least to go home feeling we dealt with the situation with pride and commitment and we have done that.
“The fact that the end result will not highlight the quality of our performance was very disappointing.
Wenger was particularly with Laurent Koscielny’s 53rd minute sending-off for a foul on Robert Lewandowski after originally only showing a yellow card to the Arsenal skipper.
“In the first-half it was a 100 per cent penalty on Walcott that was not given and then they gave a penalty when Lewandowski was offside.