Wenger efter matchen mot Huddersfield
Vidare i FA-cupen ger naturligtvis glädje. Det satt enormt hårt åt och Nasri blev skadad. Det var en cupmatch med rejäl känsla och hårdhet. Älskar man cup, så var det naturligtvis en rejäl genomkörare för kropp och själ. På presskonferensen efter matchen sammanfattade Wenger matchen som"stenhård" och jag sammanfattar det göttaste nedan.
Om en stenhård match
Självfallet en jättematch. Wenger var skakad efter matchen och sade att det "It was tough, tough, tough, because it had all the ingredients of a typical cup game. We played a little bit below par and Huddersfield is a good team, they have shown that today. They were efficient, they are always dangerous on set-pieces and crosses, they scored on a set-piece. It had the ingredients of a cup game as well because we were down to ten men so it became very difficult. In the end we had the quality just to make the difference and in the final 25 minutes I felt we had room to score goals. But we play so many games at the moment that sometimes we are not as sharp as we would want to be. That is what happened today.
Om Squillaci och Nasri
Wenger var inte helt övertygad om Squillacis röda kort; "det såg inte ut som en "obvious goalscoring opportunity"" Ähum? Nåväl...om Nasri? "Nasri looks to have a serious hamstring injury. Usually it is three weeks, we have to see if it a Grade One because that can be two [weeks]." Han medger att det är mycket bistert att spela utan Nasri i de närmaste veckorna.
Om att spela Nasri
Wenger känner lite ånger och beklagar att Nasri skadade sig, men han hade inte mycket val då Rosicky var sjuk i veckan. "So I took the gamble on Nasri and it back-fired but he could have come on and because it was after 25 or 30 minutes it could have happened as well if he comes on. It is difficult to predict but of course we are at the stage of the season that we play so many games that to lose bodies is very difficult for us."
Om hur Squillacis utvisining påverkar hans transferplaner
Wenger skakar på huvudet. Kraftigt "Not more, not less, because it's three games. For us it's good because we play three games in a week so it is only one week [that he will be out]. No [I am not likely to sign anyone before the deadline], I leave these headlines to all the other clubs, but at the moment no. I cannot tell you definitely because someone might knock at my door in the morning and says 'I would like to play for you' and he is a good player because I would sign him!"
Om FA-cupen
Wenger kan med stolthet se tillbaka på sin FA-cup och säga att "vi har aldrig förlorat mot ett lag från en lägre division" och säger "It shows you how seriously we take the competition. Despite that, my commitment to the FA Cup is always questioned. I feel that in my whole career we did well against lower divisions but today at 1-1 I must say that record was really under threat because on set-pieces Huddersfield looked always like they could score. They had a few chances on crosses."
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