Arsenal announcement on Arsene Wenger contract: Date set for decision

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Palace striker Christian Benteke then had a goal ruled out for offside before Cabaye's superb curled effort and Milivojevic's penalty in five second-half minutes completed a miserable night for Wenger at a raucous Selhurst Park.

"I think it will be very hard certainly", he said.

"I think the weaknesses of Arsenal have been defensive, because they leave (Shkodran) Mustafi and Gabriel really exposed", he said.

And now it seems the Gunners boss is losing support at boardroom level, with Emirates Stadium bosses divided on whether they want to him to stay beyond this season. "We created quite risky situations but defensively I think we were exposed many times", admitted Wenger.

"The first thing was to defend correctly as an XI to keep them playing sideways and backwards". Their goalkeeper (Wayne Hennessey) took the free-kicks from half-way, so it was up to us to combat that and win.

Arsenal remain sixth in the table but are now closer to Palace in 16th place than they are to Premier League leaders Chelsea.

When questioned on what he said in the dressing room at half-time he replied: "Look, what we say in the dressing room remains in the dressing room".

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"The biggest problem with Arsenal is that it's Wenger who makes the decision on his future".

"Sometimes these players, they come out and try to look out for themselves - don't tell me what happened after the game, show me in the game!"

"The biggest thing was letting the fans down tonight".

"We thought we had bounced back from that bad patch with the draw against Manchester City and win against West Ham". I've managed over 1 000 games and we are not used to this, it's a big worry. To see us lose in that way is disappointing.

The travelling Arsenal fans made their feelings known during Monday's embarrassing defeat to Crystal Palace. "You could sense it had an impact on us after the second goal". "That's all I can say".

Palace winger Zaha is said to be among his targets following an outstanding season for Sam Allardyce's men, and he will battle with Tottenham for the player's signature.

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