The Frenchman admitted he paid the price for picking several first team players on Tuesday after two of his key men suffered injuries
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits injuries to Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could have "damaging" consequences for his side.
Wenger named a handful of regular starters in his XI for the 3-0 defeat at Hillsborough but saw Oxlade-Chamberlain limp off with a hamstring problem five minutes in.
Walcott was introduced in his place but then limped off midway through the first half, with goals from Ross Wallace, Lucas Joao and Sam Hutchinson dumping the Gunners out of the cup.
"Walcott is a calf and Oxlade-Chamberlain is a hamstring," said Wenger. "The injuries are two muscular injuries and the injury damage I do not know.
"You have to wait 48 hours for the scans to see how big the damage is. It was a bad night at the office, we lost two players and after that we were not good enough, but on top of that you have to congratulate Sheffield Wednesday.
"I'm concerned because our next game is a big game on Saturday, we have the Champions League against Bayern Munich coming up.
"Already we are now short. To lose two players tonight, two offensive players, is damaging for us."
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