Arsenal’s assistant manager, Steve Bould feels that the Gunners are putting in poor performances, because their confidence is at an all time low.
The team went on to lose against Norwich this past weekend, which was followed by a loss to Schalke in the Champions League last night.
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This result saw Arsenal lose their first ever home game in the group stages of the Champions League, and as a result, the loss has been even harder to swallow for the fans.
Bould has admitted that he is quite shocked by the result and the performance that the team put in, and feels that they need to get their confidence back, or things could get a whole lot worse in the future.
"I think the result on Saturday knocked us and we looked like we were lacking a bit of confidence," Bould told reporters.
"We haven't looked at our best since we came back from the international break, we've looked a bit tired and jaded, but that shouldn't be an excuse."
With Arsenal now set to take on QPR in their upcoming game on the weekend, Bould is well aware of the fact that a similar display would result in the team losing out in the game, and producing and unsatisfactory result once again.
"We certainly don't want to be conceding goals like that and if we'd have escaped with a 0-0 tonight we'd have been delighted," he continued.
"We're not making many chances either which is a concern.”
"We look like we're lacking confidence on the ball which is unusual for us and we need to correct it quickly because we've got a big game on Saturday against QPR."
It is anybody’s guess as to why the team is performing so poorly after the international break. Many feel that this is due to the lack of rest that the first team players have gotten, while others think it is just down to a lack of confidence.
Nonetheless, Arsene Wenger now needs to get the team up and running at a maximum again, or the Gunners can wave good bye to their chances of any silverware this season.
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