Kommentarer från Wenger efter Bolton-matchen
Vi sammanfattar en av de märkligaste matcherna på mången år och dag. Bolton-Arsenal 2-3. Här fanns det mesta. Tacklingar, röda kort, mål, moral, uppseendeväckande frisyrer, inhoppare med speed och Flamonis polisonger. Till detta en islänning och det känns som det enda som saknas nu är en igelkott som kan spela luffarschack. Vi kan nog hitta honom också om vi letar och medan vi letar, så låter vi Wenger kommentera Bolton-matchen. Han inleder som alla brukar göra, med den första halvleken; "It was a mental test because everything looked to be going against us today. Not only did their first shot on goal go in but we had a player sent off and just before half time they scored a second one. That was a big blow."
Sedan kom comebacken. Vilken comeback. Det var bättre än en nytrimmad Kicki Danielsson i Melodifestivalen. Fast bara lite bättre. Wenger menar att 2-2, var inte bra nog. det sade man i halvtid(trots att man låg under med 0-2). Han menar att laget måste fortsätta att tro och första kvarten var svårspelad efter pausen, men sedan kom det. " In the end we were a little lucky on the third goal but we kept going and got a very important victory." Och naturligtvis; "No I can't remember a better comeback. We were 2-0 down with 10 men with half and hour to go yet we won 3-2. It is a great credit to the team and I am very proud of our performance. We got a big blow last week and we responded as a team."
Sedan kommer naturligtvis Diabys röda kort. Wenger tycker inte att det var att likna med Taylors eller Dan Smiths överfall. "I knew the injury [to Steinsson] was not bad. Diaby certainly hit him but it was not comparable with what happened [to Eduardo] a few weeks ago. Diaby's tackle was a fraction high but as long the foot is off the ground you cannot complain. Diaby was injured and out for nine months but that tackle [from Smith] was very bad. It was malicious. Diaby's tackle was not malicious but your intention does not count. It is where your foot is that counts."
Sedan avslutar vi med bytena som förändrade världen. "They worked yes. Theo went on as right midfielder, right winger. He caused them a lot of problems. Adebayor did aswell. His power brought us something straight away.At some stage I feel Nicklas Bendtner is ready to play. But he played 90 minutes on Wednesday night so he was not fresh. He was unlucky because he had a good opportunity at the start but was hauled back a little bit. We did not play badly in the first half but everything seemed to go against us."
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