The England striker wasted a huge opportunity to equalise in Sunday's FA Cup defeat to Watford and his manager is struggling to comprehend how the Gunners didn't score
Arsene Wenger cannot understand how Arsenal did not score an equaliser in Sunday's FA Cup defeat to Watford, with Danny Welbeck missing a fantastic chance in the 90th minute.
Goals from Odion Ighalo and Adlene Guedioura gave the visitors a shock two-goal lead at the Emirates Stadium before England international Welbeck, introduced as a 68th-minute sub, pulled one back with two minutes remaining.
The former Manchester United striker then had the chance to equalise but could only fire over after Alex Iwobi had struck the post and, when asked about the miss Wenger struggled to find an explanation.
Wenger NOT to blame for FA Cup exit'
He told reporters: "It was difficult to understand how we didn’t score. I want to watch it again. It was a typical cup game against a team who comes here to fight and take their chances, with us trying to score. It was just like that, there’s not a lot more to say.
"This had nothing to do with confidence. Of course there is confidence in the team. The recent results haven’t shown that but we’ve played against good teams and the recent results were 2-2 at Tottenham with 10 men and a 4-0 win at Hull. I don’t see why we shouldn’t have any confidence.
"Our long, long run has come to an end in a very sad way because I don’t think that we deserved to lose. We have to look at ourselves for the first goal. The second goal was a fantastic shot.
"I felt that it was a real cup game where they defended very well and took their chances on the break, the few chances they had. As long as we didn’t score the first goal they kept their belief.
"They were physically very strong but we had enough chances to win the game."
- Goal