Arsenal go through to CL last 16 with defeat at Olympiakos
Terrible start to season continues as defeat means tougher draw in last 16
Arsene Wenger challenged his stuttering Arsenal team to prove they are good enough to rescue a season teetering on the brink of disaster after the Gunners' latest defeat.
Wenger's side crashed to a 2-1 defeat at Olympiakos that ended their hopes of pipping Schalke to first place in group B of the Champions League and condemned them to a daunting draw in the last 16.
Arsenal would have taken pole position with a victory in Athens as eventual group winners Schalke were held to a 1-1 draw by Montpellier.
But they wasted that lifeline in typically careless fashion as Olympiakos scored twice in eight minutes in the second half through Giannis Maniatis and then Kostas Mitroglou to overturn Tomas Rosicky's first half opener.
It was another blow for Wenger, who is coming under increasing pressure from the club's fans following Arsenal's worst start to a Premier League season in his 16-year reign.
The Gunners, currently 10th in the league after Saturday's woeful 2-0 home defeat against Swansea, have now won just two of their last nine matches in all competitions and Wenger concedes they need to bounce back against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday to ease the sense of crisis engulfing the club.