Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger

Gunners chief fuming after AC Milan loss

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has demanded a reaction in this Saturdays FA Cup fifth round clash against Sunderland.

The Gunners were hammered 4-0 by AC Milan at the San Siro last night, as former Tottenham midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng, Robinho, twice, and Zlatan Ibrahimovich all found the target.

"It is difficult to analyse, so it is better not to talk too much, to analyse with a cooler header and regroup for the next game," Wenger said.

"The season is not finished. We have a big game on Saturday and it is a good opportunity to show we have character and mental strength, that we can respond after such a shocking defeat.

"You could blame and blame, but we have to stick together and win the next game.

"A big disappointment like that has consequences on your belief.

"We have a lot of work to regroup and not a lot of time to prepare for Saturdays game, when we need to show something completely different.

Arsenal struggled to create in the final third in Italy, while looking shaky at the back.

"It was a shocking result and a shocking performance. It was of those nights you ever forget," he said.

"There was not one moment in the 90 minutes we were really in the game, and it was always the same problem, balls over the top and we were well beaten.

"We don't play in dream world. There is maybe a two percent or five percent (chance) statistically.

"We have to show a completely different performance and you never know, but, you have to say, realistically, we are out of the competition."