Wenger: Arsenal will not panic buy after West Ham defeat

The Gunners lost their opening match of the season on Sunday but their manager insists that they will remain calm in the transfer window unless there is an "exceptional solution".

Arsene Wenger has ruled out rushing into the transfer market after Arsenal's shock defeat to West Ham unless he can bring in an "exceptional" new signing.

Petr Cech is the only new face to arrive at the Emirates Stadium during the transfer window and the goalkeeper endured a miserable Premier League debut for his new club following his switch from Chelsea.

  happilyspread understands that Arsenal are not ready to give up on a big-money move for Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, while Arsenal have also been linked with a move for Chelsea goalkeeper coach Christophe Lollichon.

Wenger, however, is not planning a knee-jerk reaction to such a disappointing start to the Premier League campaign and told reporters: "I would like to think that we are responsible to buy the players and the coaches, not the media. When you're a pro footballer, you have to face your responsibilities and not always look at something else.

"We have to look at ourselves and think we were not good enough [against West Ham] and not to think that these kinds of things are solutions for us.

"We were not good enough, we were not convincing. And that's basically it. West Ham played well. Congratulations to them and hopefully we can bounce back quickly.

"Again, I can only repeat what I already said. If an exceptional solution turns up, we'll do it. But after a defeat like that, it's important not always to think we take a solution from outside."