Arsene Wenger hits Arsenal after his final performance in the Europa League

Arsene Wenger hit the terrible Arsenal final in the Europa League and termed it "sad night".

The Gunners suffered a dismal 4-1 defeat to Chelsea in Baku – with Olivier Giroud, Pedro and a double Eden Hazard in North London.

A win would have allowed Arsenal to win its first European title for more than 20 years and place it in the Champions League next season after finishing fifth in the Premier League.

But the defeat sentenced the Gunners to another season in the minor tournament and, although Wenger was not in Azerbaijan, he returned his verdict on the match.

"I felt we had done very well in the first period, but as soon as Chelsea scored the first goal, we completely collapsed," Wenger said. be in sports . "In the second half, we did not exist, it was a sad night for us.

"After that, I agree that until the quarter-finals of the Europa League, you play with a reserve team and you play in England, because the Premier League is very demanding.

"I would even say in the Champions League group stage, when you have a tough match on the weekend, sometimes even in the group stage because you are about to qualify.

"The Premier League is so difficult that, until the quarter-finals, teams play with [players] who do not play in the Premier League.

"In recent years, it is still the team eliminated from the group stage of the Champions League who has won many years in the Europa League."