After the nightmare against Wigan, Abhishek Mehrotra analyses where it all went horribly, horribly wrong.

A few years ago, an Arsenal-loving friend of mine was so incensed by the Gunners letting a two goal lead slip to end up drawing 2-2 (I forget what team it was against, but that's not the point anyway) that he smashed his foot into a nearby metal cabinet.

He broke one of his toes.

We've lost touch since then, but I shudder to think what pain he would have unwittingly inflicted on himself after watching the capitulation against Wigan.

For my part, it was as pathetic a performance as I've witnessed from an Arsenal team in a long, long time. In fact, if I'm not mistaken, one would have to go all the way back to the previous millennium to find a game in which we lost after being two goals to the good.

More than the defeat itself though, it was the manner in which Arsenal lost that was galling. We went in front courtesy of one of those brilliant runs that Theo Walcott is producing with increasing consistency, doubled the lead through a Mikel Silvestre header just after half time and then forgot there was another 40 odd minutes of football to be played.

There was an arrogance in the manner in which we just sat back and waited for the clock to run down. In fact, I can't think of a single good chance we managed to create after the Silvestre goal. And that sort of laxity will be punished in the Premier League - even more so against a side that is fighting for survival in the top flight.

Wigan saw an opportunity, threw everything they had at us and deservedly came out on top. The fighting spirit that had become a hallmark of an injury riven Arsenal team this season, seemed to have evaporated - replaced by listlessness.

It seems distasteful to single out individuals after a defeat and if we had lost despite giving it our all, I would certainly not indulge in pointing fingers. But in this instance, there were far too many errors, too much complacency and too much laziness on view to ignore.

Let me start with Abou Diaby. What a shambolic display. His body was on the pitch, but his mind seemed to be on post-season holiday. There was no absolutely no desire to win balls, close the opposition down or mark his man. He moped around the pitch with no intent or interest whatsoever. I talked him up some time ago but he seems to have taken giant backward strides since then.

Then there was Mikel Silvestre. He must go in the summer.He is simply not good enough for a side challenging for the title. Yes, he is a back-up defender but given that Arsenal players can get injured even while opening refrigerators, the given back-ups need to be top class as well.

He simply stood and admired Charles N'Zogbia's footwork as the latter zoomed right across the pitch. I half-expected him to break into applause. Where was the tackle? Where was the anticipation needed to block the strike. Why did Sol Campbell have to come across in an attempt to stop the shot? Catastrophic defending is what it was.

And talking of catastrophes, Lukasz Fabianski and Manuel Almunia are locked in a battle to see which keeper can wreak the most destruction between the sticks for Arsenal. The combined mistakes of Arsenal's numbers one and two this season would probably provide enough material for a half hour long bloopers show.

After Almunia's howler against Birmingham, now it was the young Pole's turn to drop a ball right onto the head Titus Bramble, about half a yard from goal.

Fabianski was devastated after that, but the fact is - he is not a top flight keeper. Never was, never will be. Yes, he put in a magnificent performance against Fulham and probably won that match for us - but that is the sort of performance high class keepers put in week after week - not once in 57 matches.

It seems bizzare that the two worst custodians in the league belong to a side that has (or had) title aspirations. Add the number of points that Arsenal have lost due to woeful ball handling to our current tally and we'd probably be at par on points or even ahead of Chelsea. In fact`- I'll go through every league game this season and reveal the number in the next edition of At Gun Point.

Meanwhile, I really, sincerely hope Wenger rectifies the situation in the summer transfer window. We simply cannot afford to play with the same liabilities next season and expect to win anything.

Late last week, when contemplating on what to focus on for this installment of AGP, I had obviously picked the derby disaster at White Hart Lane. The Wigan match was supposed to be mentioned in passing. But this hurt far more than the defeat to Tottenham. At least we were outplayed by Spurs. But we let ourselves down miserably against the Latics.

A tough game against Manchester City is on the cards now. While I would dearly love for us to thrash them and for Adebayor to be banned for 10 games after he punches the ref in the face, I am no longer sure which Arsenal team will show up on Saturday.

The one that stayed in the title race for so long through sheer determination or the one that blundered its way out of it against Wigan? Will the real Arsenal please stand up?

P.S - After the final match of the 2009/10 season, AGP will analyse how each player has peformed, rate them out of 10 and comment on possible additions to the squad in the summer. Keep reading and keep commenting!