Wenger was adamant his players had not downed tools as they subsided to goals from Andros Townsend, Yohan Cabaye and a Luka Milivojevic penalty.
"It's damaging of course", a seemingly dispirited Wenger told Sky Sports when asked about how serious the blow was to their chances of Champions League football next season. "Every defeat is a big worry". We need to respond and that's only going to come from hard work at training. Tonight wasn't us. We're very disappointed and have let the fans down.
Majority shareholder, United States businessman Stan Kroenke, a Wenger supporter, will ultimately have the final say.
"They can pull something out of the bag at any minute so you have to keep your focus, but when we got the second goal we thought we can go and win this comfortably".
"It's a hard defeat but on top of that it has consequences on our chances to be in the top four".
And now it seems the Gunners boss is losing support at boardroom level, with Emirates Stadium bosses divided on whether they want to him to stay beyond this season.
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Mr Trump had entered the campaign in recent days and used Twitter to claim that his intervention had halted the young man. Reporter Ron Allen explained, "Well, I think it's more than symbolic, it's a sign, they hope, of things to come".
Supporters screamed abuse at those few players, led by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who dared to approach the away section after the match and barracked the team as they boarded the coach.
"Honestly I'm disappointed tonight so much".
And on this occasion, Allardyce says, Wenger's tactical setup was his team's very undoing.
The team and manager Arsene Wenger were heavily criticized after the loss on Monday, as the side that Wenger put out looked lackadaisical, and were run over by a team that is fighting for survival. We came back into the game and had some risky situations that we couldn't score from.
When the 50ft elephant in the room about his future at the club was finally addressed he said: "Geoff, I don't know", (the interviewee was called Geoff, this isn't a French way of addressing the big guy).
Sixth-placed Arsenal, who have finished in the top four in 20 consecutive seasons under Wenger, now have 54 points from 30 games - seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester City, who have played a game more.
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