Nightmare for Gunners' boss

Former players were brutal in their criticism of manager Arsene Wenger following Arsenal's latest Champions League humiliation.

And newspapers across Europe were no less scathing of Wednesday night's "nightmare" 5-1 thrashing at Bayern Munich.

Just a few days after defending his former boss by saying it was "too soon" for Wenger to leave, Martin Keown, a centre-back in all three of Arsenal's Premier League title triumphs under the Frenchman, pulled no punches this time, saying it had been a clash of "men against boys".

"It's almost embarrassing -- outclassed, outplayed," Keown, now a pundit, told BT Sport.

"This is his (Wenger's) lowest point ever. Twenty years and Arsene must be considering his future now. Arsenal were bullied, weren't they? Completely."

Another former defender, Lee Dixon, said he felt Wenger's demeanour has finally changed following years of belligerent defiance in the face of numerous failures.

"He just seems so low," Dixon told ITV.

"I think he's realising that with this team he's getting no response from them. They're not doing themselves justice or him.

"That is the first time where I've seen him where I've thought, 'he thinks it's time'."

Former goalkeeper Bob Wilson, who was a champion with Arsenal in 1971, pondered whether this result would "tip Arsene over the edge".

"He can only take so much," said Wilson on BBC Radio 5 Live. "I wouldn't be at all surprised if Arsene, given the amount of headlines that are coming his way, might just look at that and say enough is enough."

"Spineless!" screamed Britain's Dail Mail while The Times described Arsenal's latest European chastisement as "Groundhog Day".