( CNN ) -- Embarrassing defeats , criticism from fans and former players , a major health scare for its long-serving chairman -- Arsenal 's season is not getting any easier . The English Premier League club 's stalwart figurehead Peter Hill-Wood is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack the day before Arsenal 's 2-0 defeat at home to Swansea . It left the 13-time English champions 10th in the 20-team EPL after 15 games , continuing Arsenal 's worst start to a season since 1994 . Hill-Wood had been suffering pneumonia and was taken ill at home on Friday , the London side 's website reported on Sunday . `` He is making a good recovery . The club wishes Peter a full and speedy return to health and our thoughts are with him and his family at this time , '' read a statement on Arsenal.com . The 76-year-old has been Arsenal 's chairman since 1982 , following in the footsteps of his father Denis and his grandfather Samuel , who twice held the role in spells between 1929 and 1949 . `` Even if u are not a fan of # Peter Hill-Wood ... wishing him full recovery . He & his family gave so much to # Arsenal in the past ! '' one Arsenal supporter wrote on Twitter . Manager Arsene Wenger and the club 's board are coming under increasing criticism from fans , who are unhappy that top players such as Robin van Persie and Cesc Fabregas have been allowed to leave in recent years . Emmanuel Eboue , who was sold to Turkish side Galatasaray last season , also made his feelings known on Twitter after the Swansea defeat . `` Why have we destroyed the club we love so much . The set of players we have now are like chicken fillet . # Arsenal board have abused the fans , '' the Ivory Coast international said . `` Some of the players need to be stoned off the pitch . No brain , no passion , no soul . The Arsenal glory days are fading fast . We need help . `` The only way to put pressure on the board is by fans not coming to the stadium . Low revenue would worry the board and put pressure on boss . '' One of the club 's celebrity fans , CNN 's Piers Morgan , also had harsh words for Wenger -- the club 's longest serving manager , with 11 trophies since he joined in 1996 but none since 2005 . `` That was the single worst performance of Wenger 's reign . It 's over -- he must go before he wrecks his great legacy , '' Morgan wrote on Twitter , where he has set up the hashtag # WengerOut . `` Wenger must go , for his sake and for the club 's . '' Wenger 's team have already qualified for the last 16 of the European Champions League , but the Frenchman is looking for a morale-boosting result in Tuesday 's final Group B game away to Greek side Olympiakos . `` It 's important for us . Away from home , I 'm not too concerned , '' the 63-year-old said . `` We look like we play a little bit with the handbrake at home . It 's not fluent . There might be a psychological component in there as well . `` At home we have not produced the performances since the beginning of the season that you would expect from us , and that is where we have to find the solution . '' Arsenal announced last month that major sponsor Emirates had agreed a new $ 240 million deal until 2019 for shirt rights and 2028 for stadium naming , but that money will not be available for Wenger to bolster his squad until midway through next year . When asked if he had plans to make major signings in the January transfer window , Wenger kept his cards close to his chest . `` I believe the support from the board is there to spend the money if we find the players , '' he said . Another manager under pressure is Martin O'Neill , whose Sunderland team remained just a point above the relegation zone after losing 2-1 to Norwich in Sunday 's only Premier League fixture . The former Aston Villa , Celtic and Leicester boss , who was a European Cup winner with Nottingham Forest as a player , was frustrated after the result left his side with just two wins from 14 games . `` We started off very tentatively -- the first goal we conceded was poor and the second was even worse , '' the Northern Irishman said . `` We should have taken something from the game . It 's very frustrating to come away with nothing . ''
Arsenal chairman recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack on this season . Club crashed to defeat on Friday , increasing pressure on manager Arsene Wenger . Frenchman criticized by fans and a former player after poor results Saturday . Sunderland star Frenchman says the club 's board has `` abused the fans ''