[ad_pod ]It was a tale of two halves when Arsenal met Quique Sanchez Flores’ Watford side on Sunday.Everything was going to plan when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted twice to give the Gunners a healthy lead heading into half-time.All they needed to do was defend and hit the chasing team on the counter when the opportunity presented itself. However, as the two teams re-emerged from the tunnel, it soon became abundantly clear that they were incapable of fulfilling either of those duties.Watch Arsenal Live Streams With StreamFootball.tv Below

The Hornets rained down 31 shots at goal in 90 minutes, and 23 of them came after the break. Statistically speaking, that’s the worst defensive display by Arsenal since Opta’s records began in 2003/04.

What makes the Gunners’ woeful performance even worse is that the goals they conceded could’ve been so easily avoided if their defenders had any idea how to perform their roles both as professional footballers, supposedly at the top of their game, and human beings theoretically capable of rational thought.

While David Luiz conceding a penalty is seemingly as inevitable as a bear’s morning activity in the woods, with two to his name now in the opening four games of the season, Sokratis' cataclysmic error of judgement to set up Tom Cleverly was inexcusable.

Lest we forget, this is a man being paid thousands per week to play football better than we can on a Sunday morning.

The Greek defender took to social media to apologise for his error…

Fair play to the lad.

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