Premier League: Why does Arsene Wenger have to wait for an action before making a reaction?

I remember those good old days in Secondary school as my Physics teacher taught Newton's laws of motion. It's one of the fundamental laws in Physics that it just sticks to memory if you're someone acquainted with science courses. On Sunday, I kind of saw one of these laws been applied in football albeit wrongly.

To be specific, the law in question is Newton's third law. It states that

'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.'

Arsenal have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Guess what, Arsene Wenger consents to this law but he applies it in the reverse gear. He doesn't take 'the action', he waits for 'the action' to be taken before he reacts and that has been his bane.

At least, this scenario has played out in two of their games this season. Surprisingly, both matches were against the Manchester teams in which they dropped crucial points.

In the game against Manchester United at Old Trafford, the second half commenced with United on the ascendancy, Mr Wenger just kept watching as United carved chance after chance until they took the lead. It was then he decided to 'react' to the situation, his first substitution was bringing on Oliver Giroud.

That pattern was repeated in the game on Sunday at the Etihad, City came into the second half a much improved side while Wenger continued with the plan of sitting deep and hitting on the counter but their counter-attacking style wasn't effective as they couldn't keep possession of the ball when they won it. With seconds into the second half, City equalised and pilled the pressure from then on, you could sense that they were going for the jugular but poor Wenger, kept waiting till he was punished. City took the lead with a second goal.

Then, Wenger does the usual stuff, 'react' to the situation by introducing Oliver Giroud.

You see, this post isn't about how introducing Giroud in games is the customary way by Wenger to rescue Arsenal, it's about showing that he can be proactive, take the intiative, force the hand of his opponent rather than waiting to react to their action.

Mesut Ozil was anonymous for most part of the game at the Etihad and yet played the entire duration.

It seems he enjoys shooting himself in the foot. Now, they are a whopping nine points off the League leaders - Chelsea.

Well, it isn't new, it's Arsenal doing things the Arsenal way.

If this approach isn't changed, you could be sure that Arsenal fans have another disappointing season on the cards in their attempt to become Premier League Champions again after 13 years.