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ARSENE WENGER is ready to wield the Arsenal axe following a furious dressing-room bust-up.
Angry Gunners stars were heard shouting and arguing after Tottenham hit two late goals to seal a 4-4 draw at the Emirates on Wednesday.
And fuming manager Wenger is set to make widespread changes for Saturday’s must-win trip to Stoke.
An Arsenal source said: “Everyone was going crazy in the dressing room after the game. There were a lot of raised voices and fingers being pointed.
“Everyone was blaming each other for Spurs’ two late goals and the manager was as angry as anyone has seen him for a long time.”
Central to the argument was the lack of leadership from captain William Gallas and his central-defensive partner Mikael Silvestre.
Left-back Gael Clichy was particularly distraught at his part in Tottenham’s third goal and questions were also asked about the way possession was surrendered in the dying seconds to allow Aaron Lennon a last-gasp equaliser.
Wenger has been particularly alarmed by the defensive errors.
His team will face an aerial bombardment at the Britannia Stadium and he does not feel he can rely on some of his players to stand up and be counted.
Gallas, conveniently, has already been ruled out of the game by a hamstring injury, while Emmanuel Eboue is also struggling with a knee injury.
But Silvestre, Clichy, Samir Nasri and Denilson could also pay the price, with Kolo Toure, Abou Diaby, Alex Song and Johan Djourou in line for a recall.
Striker Emmanuel Adebayor summed up the anger in the camp when he moaned: “I am tired of saying that we cannot drop any more points and then we end up dropping more points.
“It was not even against a top-four side but against Tottenham, who are bottom of the league.
“But it is best not to say too much right now because there would be a lot of words that we aren’t supposed to use to each other. It is best to go home, have a rest, learn our lessons from this match, then get together and tell the truth.
“We need to let our nerves calm down and then we will all have to accept the criticism.”
Angry Gunners stars were heard shouting and arguing after Tottenham hit two late goals to seal a 4-4 draw at the Emirates on Wednesday.
And fuming manager Wenger is set to make widespread changes for Saturday’s must-win trip to Stoke.
An Arsenal source said: “Everyone was going crazy in the dressing room after the game. There were a lot of raised voices and fingers being pointed.
“Everyone was blaming each other for Spurs’ two late goals and the manager was as angry as anyone has seen him for a long time.”
Central to the argument was the lack of leadership from captain William Gallas and his central-defensive partner Mikael Silvestre.
Left-back Gael Clichy was particularly distraught at his part in Tottenham’s third goal and questions were also asked about the way possession was surrendered in the dying seconds to allow Aaron Lennon a last-gasp equaliser.
Wenger has been particularly alarmed by the defensive errors.
His team will face an aerial bombardment at the Britannia Stadium and he does not feel he can rely on some of his players to stand up and be counted.
Gallas, conveniently, has already been ruled out of the game by a hamstring injury, while Emmanuel Eboue is also struggling with a knee injury.
But Silvestre, Clichy, Samir Nasri and Denilson could also pay the price, with Kolo Toure, Abou Diaby, Alex Song and Johan Djourou in line for a recall.
Striker Emmanuel Adebayor summed up the anger in the camp when he moaned: “I am tired of saying that we cannot drop any more points and then we end up dropping more points.
“It was not even against a top-four side but against Tottenham, who are bottom of the league.
“But it is best not to say too much right now because there would be a lot of words that we aren’t supposed to use to each other. It is best to go home, have a rest, learn our lessons from this match, then get together and tell the truth.
“We need to let our nerves calm down and then we will all have to accept the criticism.”
