‘Wolves fought like mad’ – Wenger
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Arsene Wenger’s only complaint from Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers had to do with tough luck.
The Gunners missed the opportunity to leap-frog Chelsea into 4th place with a victory, as 16th placed Wolves managed to score their first goal at Arsenal for 27 years to deny them the three points.
And despite throwing away their early lead courtesy of a familiar mistake in defence, Wenger rued the Gunners’ fortune more.
“I am more frustrated by the result than the spirit. You cannot fault our desire to win the game”
“The keeper had the game of his life. It’s the kind of game where you play 20 times, you win 19 and you draw one”
“Wolves fought like mad. It was more important to go in 1-0 up at half time because we would have more space to play”
‘Maybe we weren’t relaxed enough [in our finishing]. Maybe we wanted it too much. It is a shame we could not take advantage”
Despite his goal, Gervinho appeared profligate on several occasions towards goal while Benayoun’s first Premier League start for Arsenal may be one to forget.
That sprung thoughts of Theo Walcott who was missing on Tuesday, and Wenger has revealed the English forward was left out with a minor problem.
“Walcott is sick, he has a stomach problem. He could not come to training but he should be available for Saturday”
I personally think that Mr Attwell lost control of the game in the middle of the second half. He let too many things go and the players thought they could get away with murder. Wolves defending though resolute in my view can be questioned whether it was within the laws of the game. Had he stamped down on it earlier then maybe Wolves would have still all their players on the pitch. The centre backs were also all over RVP the whole game in very dubious positions.
I do agree we were unlucky not to score again we again showed the passion to win games although lacked the killer touch at times.
Very unlucky today but you’ll think we had a chance to go for the kill in the 1st half and finish off Wolves when we had them rocking; instead, we resorted to the passing game, largely in our own half. Their goal came out of nothing as that deflection could have taken it any where. Frustrating to think we could have been clear 4th by now.
Depressing result again we get a sniff when big teams slip up and we can’t see it through. We have no winners in our squad so frustrating a major lack of goals in our team I don’t think the transfer window will make any difference to us. Why does wenger keep putting arshavin I’m a lazy git on? Chamberlain was surely worth the punt today in walcotts absence rosicksy arshavin benayoun all the same players not one has a cutting edge legs or a lethal goal in them. Where have all our match winners gone….? Oh yeah we sold them……not replaced them
benayoun….. a match to forget????? YOUR CRAZY DUDE!!!! HE won everything in the air, chased back for EVERY ball, made space for himself and others, assisted our goal and his work rate was best on ground, too bad his lungs wont keep up the 90 min…. but you my friend are dillusional or u were watching some other game…..pls explain yourself, cos with that comment you come across as a “tripper”
A first start to forget because of the team’s result and his early substitution. Said nothing about his performance!!!
fair enough but pretty vague statement.. i think at his age and experience hes not after the dreams n praise.. hes a humble bloke and been through it all and even by sitting on the bench at three top clubs (either by form or history) he has always contributed, most notibaly at L.f.C replacing injured gerrard or kuyt and being a game changer..hes doing the same here..id say he was worth a few fantasy points in the game, an assist in a 1-1 draw with a few tackles n intercepts etc. after his long lay off last yr at abramovichs place hes come back training hard nd waiting for these moments to shine again.. i beleive wen our few boys go to africa for 6 wks he will be instrumental and a big suprise to a few ppl who are after star signings, nd maybe wenger wont spend in january..in that case i would gamble on yossi bein-HUGE for us, and maybe the key to a desperate top four finish..he wont forget this performance, believe me, hel learn to improve on it!!
I felt we were rampant today and had a hatful of chances and really should have put one or more away. I think Van Persie’s mind is on trying to beat the goalscoring record and not on just trying to win the game and I think we suffered a little as a result. Dont get me wrong he came extremely close especially when he shot at Hennesseys near post (ala Barcelona game at home) and it was somehow saved. It was just one of those days. Wenger shouldnt have taken off Benayoun so early and he should have brought on Oxlade and not Chamakh. As much as I admire his effort his confidence is so low at the moment I dont think he could score in an empty net. RVP’s got one more game and must get a hattrick to beat the record but more importantly we need three points against QPR.
Also the ref had an atrocious game. Completely out of his depth
very very poor…keep it up and he’ll be referee’ing limited games like preston v walsall in a 1st round cup match.. i mean where did he get his lisence???…. FROM A COCO POPS CEREAL BOX???? Come on ref, you types ruin the legue!!!!!!
DODDY, you champion, word for word you are spot on, everything you just said Perfect summary..would have given benayoun a bit of time with the ox..the type of game where we needed the smart ljungberg-yossi runs and the pace and width we lacked on the flanks eg theo and the ox.. with them being a man down we could o’ should o’ and would of opened em up like a can of beans..arsenal do not play football in the air and chamakh jus weakened our threat..arsenal are dismal with headers, maybe alright defending them and getting em away anywhere but in the attacking box only vermaelen can put his hand up..any other headed goals are lucky..we should take all our corners and deep free kicks short..ha..good comment mate
My sympathy goes to RVP seeing what he on deserves more than the scores
My sympathy goes to RVP seeing what he was on the pitch
deserves more than the scores
Indeed, d game against wolve was one of d most disappointing match for the entire arsenal empire and its fans all over the universe.