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This one stat shows just how bad Arsenal’s Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb was (Pic)

Published 09:02 17 Sept 2015 BST

Ben Kenyon
This one stat shows just how bad Arsenal’s Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb was (Pic)

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It was a bad night for Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger's men slumped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb in their opening Champions League game. It was a record 50th loss for Wenger in the competition. While there will be inquests about everything from tactics to team selection - there's one statistic that shows just how bad this defeat actually was. Dinamo Zagreb had not won a Champions League game in 15 attempts. The last time they won a game was against Sturm Graz in 1999. 1999! As Alan Brazil points out, that God-awful song by Eiffel 65's 'Blue' was Number 1 in the charts. And Arsenal were good. https://twitter.com/sportsbreakfast/status/644396543450214400 If you'd forgotten quite how bad that song was, here it is again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc
This one stat shows just how bad Arsenal's Champions League defeat to Dinamo Zagreb was (Pic)