Kvällens Arsenal - 22 november 2010

I kvällens Arsenal förklarar Wenger om hur gärna han vill vinna, Chamakh vill ha en seger i Braga och Cesc vill att laget ska ha en bättre koncentration. Detta plus en skadeuppdatering.

Wenger

Vilja att vinna hos Le Boss

Efter helgens svarta hål var Wenger inte sen med att säga vad Arsenal betyder för honom och hur stor viljan är att vinna. Att det gör ont att förlora syntes på Wenger vilket han även berättade om på eftermiddagens presskonferens.

“I want so much for this team to win that I am giving every drop of my blood to make sure that they win. I want them to be successful because they deserve it and it hurts when you get so close as you did on Saturday and you don't manage to do it.”, säger Wenger.

Efter förlusten mot Spurs

Wenger tyckte att förlusten i lördags berodde på förlorad koncentration, misstag och otur. I slutändan hade han svårt att första att Arsenal förlorade.

“We could not maintain the focus nor the urgency for 90 minutes because some players dropped. I believe as well that overall we delivered a performance expected in a game like that quality wise and if you look at the stats and the numbers it’s very difficult to understand how we lost this game. A drop of concentration, some basic errors, some bad luck as well because the penalty spot I think was not a foul for them at the start. And on top of that, not only did we get the foul but we get the penalty where we are guilty of. But overall you are a bit speechless. To re-analyse the game, it’s a mystery how we can lose a game like that.”, säger Wenger.

Wenger tycker att det är ett problem att laget inte kan göra jobbet hemma. Man hade chansen med en trygg ledning i halvtid. Two-nil and we fucked it up...

"Three home defeats are three too many. The first two games we didn’t deliver the performance and we can only say that we got what we deserved. Today we delivered the performance, but what is worrying for me is that we had an opportunity to go to the top of the league and when we have to deliver we can’t. That’s worrying because that’s part of our job.”, sa Wenger.

Arsenal har tre gånger haft chansen under senare tid att ta över förstaplatsen Premier League men misslyckats. Målvaktsspelet kan man inte klaga på i samma utsträckning. Det är nog försvaret som har haft problem. Återstår och se om det blir någon kontunitet i Gunners resultat. Men om det ska hända så måste alla som spelare koncentrera sig i 90 min. I varje match, inte var tredje.

Svårare match i Portugal

Enligt Arsene Wenger kommer det bli svårare match borta än vad det var hemma. Då vann Arsenal med 6-0. Mot Shaktar blev det 5-1 i London men i Kiev blev det förlust med 2-1.

“A game away from home in the Champions League is a different game and Braga is a good side that impressed me in the first 20 minutes in the first game [in London],” said Wenger. On the other hand we have an opportunity to bounce back on Tuesday night and qualify so we want to take this opportunity. With what happened to us on Saturday I think everybody will be focused and prepared for a game where we want to perform at our best. We know we have an opportunity to qualify and people will expect us to bounce back.”, säger Wenger.

Tätt i toppen

På dagens presskonferens togs det upp hur tätt det är i toppen av Premier League. Från första plats till sjätte skiljer det sex poäng. Den jämnaste högsta ligan i England på flera år. Det är bara i Frankrike som det är jämnare.

"It’s a rollercoaster, every team you think they are solid and they go for a run, then suddenly they lose a game that no one expects them to lose. It’s certainly emotionally difficult for every single manager but for people who watch this league it makes it more interesting. At this stage of the season I never have seen a league as compact as it is at the moment. I cannot remember that. You cannot deny that mathematically [Tottenham and Manchester City are contenders], of course it’s possible. But you have many other teams who you cannot rule out at the moment. It will be interesting with teams like Liverpool and Aston Villa, they are not out of it and have potential. What is most important at the end of the day is to be consistent. I must say at the moment nobody manages to be really consistent apart from Manchester United. They are consistent without too many wins, they have not lost yet but maybe they are the most consistent.", säger Wenger.

Cesc blir bättre

Kapten Cesc Fabregas har haft en tuff höst där han har haft problem med baksida lår. Nu säger Wenger att det börjar lossna för katalanen.

“Every game I feel he gets better, he gets stronger, and I believe on Saturday that he had some chances and he gave some chances,” said Wenger. “He has given three great goal chances on Saturday so he is getting back to the normal Cesc. It is getting better. Of course he was out for a while and he had a recurrence of his hamstring [injury] and then it gets in your head and when it gets in your head it is difficult to play free of your mind. Sometimes after the games he has a little recurrence but at the moment I do not want to take a massive gamble because I don't want to lose him. So I check the morning of the game how he is and we monitor him well but it is [improving] now.”, säger Wenger.


Spelarna

Chamakh går för seger mot Braga

Efter förlusten mot Spurs kommer matchen i Champions League nära in på. Det tycker Marouane Chamakh är bra för spelarna så de kan glömma lördagens match lättare.

"It will help us to forget the Tottenham game and we must focus on Braga and get a victory. The group is tight. There are three teams going for top spot so we know we need to get a win over there.", säger Chamakh.

Cesc vill ha koncentration

Fabregas flyttar nu fokus till Champions League där Arsenal nog bör vinna de två sista matcherna om de ska vinna gruppen. Den svårare av de två matcherna är imorgon när Gunners möter Braga.

"We have two games left in the group, both difficult, especially the one away to Braga - but we will try to win the group. We will do our best and if we play the football we know, focus 100 per cent and don't treat the opponents softly, then I am sure we can win the group. Playing in their own stadium, in front of their own fans, we knew Shakhtar would be a different team to the one we faced at the Emirates last month, and to be fair to them, I thought they played well. But it was down to us, it was our fault, we let them back into the game. We had to retain possession better and control the game, but we didn't and in the end, we paid for that. The manager said the same after the game - once we were ahead, we took the game too easily. We had just scored five against them, we are top of the group and maybe we were thinking that a draw would be a good result. But in football, you can never be complacent, you can never switch off, otherwise you will pay for it, whoever you play against.", säger Fabregas.

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Björn Alm2010-11-22 20:23:00