Wenger slams complacency

Arsene Wenger has snapped at his young Gunners as they dropped an important two home points against Birmingham at the Emirates at the weekend and rued the set piece that cost them three points.

"It was very frustrating," he said. "The crowd pushed us on but we were punished for losing concentration on the set-piece. When we went ahead we thought it was going to be too easy and we didn't create enough overall. We were not sharp enough and they defended well. It's as simple as that.

"Every game is important so it's hard to say which is the most crucial period of the season but we have lost two points we shouldn't have lost. I'm confident the team will re-focus because they are very disappointed. Certainly, in this game the focus wasn't good enough."