But former Tottenham right-back Kyle Walker nipped in front of the Gabonese striker, and the goalscoring opportunity came to nothing.
From then on Arsenal offered very little going forward. In fact, in the second half, the Gunners had just two shots on goal, with neither hitting the target.
After the match Wenger bemoaned Aubameyang's missed opportunity, telling Sky Sports: "I felt we had the first good chance – a very easy one that we missed. After that we made a big mistake for their first goal.
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"We controlled them pretty well in the first half, but they came out in the second half, and we were unlucky because the second goal was offside. But congratulations to Man City, they deserve the win.
"When you lose a game, you have to cope with being criticised. Emotionally after a game – particularly a final – you do not want to go too much into criticism.
"We must recover quickly – we came to the final and we lost but we have to focus on the next Premier League game [against City on Thursday].
"When you lose 3-0 you have to look at defending better. When you lose concentration against quality teams you pay for it.
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"It's not application that was missed – it was lapses of concentration and a bit unlucky as well."
Arsenal shelled out £56million to land Aubameyang in the January transfer window, on account of Alexandre Lacazette misfiring.
Fans had hoped the Gabonese hitman would solve all their attacking problems, but one thing became abundantly clear after the Carabao Cup defeat.
And it seems supporters are now less inclined to point the finger at the France international for his poor goalscoring form, because it's the supply that's at fault.
Source-mirror.co.uk
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