Twitter reacts as Arsenal lose two key players to injury in nightmare first half

Having briefly topped the Premier League over the weekend, many might have expected Arsenal’s meeting with Sheffield Wednesday to be a formality.

However, the first half couldn’t have gone any worse for Arsene Wenger, after watching his side go two goals down and lose two key players to injury.

First up, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain left the field with a problem after just five minutes.

https://twitter.com/StanCollymore/status/659094729859182592

But soon after, his replacement, Theo Walcott, was also forced off.

Blimey! Another one. Walcott follows Oxlade-Chamberlain onto the treatment table.

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) October 27, 2015

Losing Walcott, who has been in fantastic form of late, was clearly a blow – and some were quick to point the finger at Arsene Wenger.

Sky: Wenger sent Theo Walcott on before allowing him to complete a warm-up on the touchline. #afc

— afcstuff (@afcstuff) October 27, 2015

But not everyone agreed it was the manager’s fault.

People are actually blaming Wenger because Theo didn't have a proper warm up? Like Oxlade-Chamberlain wasn't sitting on the floor?

— Phil Costa (@_PhilCosta) October 27, 2015

As Sheffield Wednesday took a 2-0 lead, the wider impact of the two injuries on Arsenal’s title aspirations was not lost on those on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/JasonLeMiere/status/659098743904579584

https://twitter.com/Torres_K10/status/659103978093957120