Arsenal were riding high following Sunday’s morale lifting 2-1 win against Liverpool, however what overshadowed the win was Olivier Giroud’s revelation via social media where he admitted to cheating on his wife with another woman just hours before Arsenal’s league encounter against Crystal Palace earlier in the season. He has publicly confessed his wrongdoing and has apologized to his family and to everyone at Arsenal while admitting his guilt.

It is understood that Arsene Wenger will be taking this up with the striker behind closed doors which might possibly involve some punishment. What has followed swiftly is another player whose indiscretions have been exposed. Metro report that former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who is currently working as a pundit for BT Sport, was asked about the character of Mathieu Flamini, to which he shockingly replied, “He’s a bachelor always it seems to me so he’s always telling some stories of his ways off the pitch.”

With Bayern Munich already on the plane and en route to the Emirates Stadium, this is something Wenger does not want to deal with at this point of time – even more controversy around off-field matters.