and Alfred Finnbogason says they expected the
Gunners to be defensively poor.
Alfred Finnbogason has taken a swipe at Arsenal's poor
defending following Olympiacos shock 3-2 Champions
League win at the Emirates Stadium.
Finnbogason's second-half strike gave the Greek champions all
three points in Tuesday's Group F clash, leaving the Gunners
with two defeats from their opening two matches.
Arsene Wenger's side were criticised for a lack of defensive
discipline during the match, with Olympiacos' opening goal
coming from a corner routine and the Iceland international's
winner scored just a minute after Alexis Sanchez had made it
2-2.
But the Real Sociedad loanee revealed his side had prepared to
make the most of Arsenal's lapses at the back.
Finnbogason said: "The first corner is something we practise on
the training pitch because we know they have no man on the
edge of the box.
"When you play against this team you know they're going to
have a lot of the ball. You have to defend well, have the lines
tight and use your time when you have spaces. And you know
you're going to have spaces because they don't want to defend.
So our plan worked."
Arsenal's defeat leaves them bottom of Group F ahead of a
daunting double-header with pool leaders Bayern Munich.
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