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Post-match reaction to Chelsea's 6-0 victory over Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger described his 1,000th match as Arsenal manager as a career low after Chelsea inflicted an embarrassing 6-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.
Wenger was last month called "a specialist in failure" by Jose Mourinho and remains without a victory in 11 attempts against his nemesis after a spectacular implosion and an horrendous error by referee Andre Marriner, who mistakenly sent off Kieran Gibbs.
Wenger did not attend his press conference, but told the BBC: "This defeat is my fault, I take full responsibility for it.
"I don't think there's too much need to talk about the mistakes we made. We got a good hiding today.
"It's one of the worst days (in my career). It's over after 20 minutes and it's a long game after that. You don't prepare all week to experience that kind of experience."
Chelsea were already 2-0 up when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain handled an Eden Hazard shot and Marriner instead showed the red card to Gibbs, despite his team-mate apparently approaching the referee to admit wrongdoing.
"I believe it was handball but the referee hasn't seen it," Wenger added.
"The ball went out and I think it's Chamberlain who touched the ball.
"I don't know who gave indication to the referee that it was handball but he has certainly not seen it."
Wenger admits Arsenal's chances of winning the Premier League are bleak as his focus immediately turned to Tuesday's match with Swansea.
"It leaves it (the title chances) in a very bad situation," he said.
"But we want to respond. We had two difficult away games as Tottenham and Chelsea.
"If we had played two draws we'd have two points. Having won one we have three points.
"But today is a huge disappointment, of course. When you don't turn up in a game of this stature - nobody takes that easy."
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