​Arsene Wenger is reported to have lost his temper at his Arsenal squad at the club's training ground in the aftermath of the 3-2 home defeat to Olympiakos on Tuesday, reported the ​Mail.

Wenger - who is not known for being one to raise his voice - reportedly let all his anger and frustration out on his squad at their London Colney base on Wednesday. He's said to have accused his players of lacking the passion and desire to win big games and isn't happy with the work-rate, intensity and attitude of his players.


Arsenal lost the game in midweek despite equalising twice against the Greek side at the Emirates, and Wenger himself has come in for criticism after fielding David Ospina - who dropped the ball past his own line for the second goal - in place of Petr Cech.

But while fans and pundits have been calling out for Arsenal to add players with the very same work-rate and attitude that Wenger expects from his team in certain positions, the Frenchman has always thought his current crop had that in them themselves. Their failure to win the Olympiakos game though leaves Arsenal's hopes of qualification from the group hanging by a thread.

Arsenal were beaten by Dinamo Zagreb in the first game in the group, and they were expected to brush Olympiakos aside and move back into contention for qualification. That didn't happen however as the visitors capitalised on some poor defending, and Arsenal now face back to back matches against Bayern Munich and a distinct possibility of having no group points after four games.
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Former Arsenal player Nigel Winterburn told ​talkSPORT that Wenger will undoubtedly have been frustrated with his side following defeat, though he was speaking at a time before the story of Wenger losing his temper broke within the press.

He said: “He will be immensely frustrated with his team at the moment without actually telling them.

“When I look at the squad, they’ve got enough quality but they haven’t started as you would expect Arsenal to start.

“It’s a combination of things for me, they haven’t hit top gear in terms of creating chances and their attacking flair has certainly not been consistent as last season. Defensively it looked as if last season they had some organisation but they’ve started to wobble again this season.

“The balance in the team isn’t quite right for some reason. It’s not functioning to its full capacity.”

Arsenal next play Manchester United on Sunday.