Former Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has revealed that he was dropped from the starting XI by Arsene Wenger after he was caught smoking in the dressing room.
The Poland international was at fault for both goals in a 2-0 loss to Southampton back in 2015 and Wenger was confronted by an angry supporter late on in the game.
After the loss, things got too much for Szczesny who had a cigarette in the dressing room, prompting Wenger to drop him for David Ospina when he found out. "Back at that time I was smoking regularly and the boss knew it very well," Szczesny told Arsenal's In Lockdown podcast. "He just didn't want anybody smoking in the dressing rooms and I knew that also. "Because of the emotion of the game, I had a cigarette
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