Arsene Wenger admitted his side had fallen too far behind the
Premiership leaders following Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at Bolton.
Former Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka scored twice to inspire
Bolton to victory and leave The Gunners nine points behind Chelsea
and 12 adrift of Manchester United.
Wenger felt his side deserved to leave The Reebok Stadium with
something to show for their efforts, and conceded that dropping
points while still playing well was becoming a depressingly
familiar habit.
"We are too far behind," he told PremPlus. "If you look at the
number of points we have dropped and the way we have played it is
really difficult to take.
"You feel on one hand there is a lot of quality in the side, but on
the other hand we cannot transform that into points, so it is very
disappointing to be such a long way behind because I feel we have a
good chance to play with the top teams."
Wenger paid tribute to Arsenal's character against Bolton, but
declared that a lack of experience may have cost his side.
"It is disappointing to lose the game because we gave a lot, but
the decisive moments of the game we did not control well," he
assessed.
"The second half was all us and I think the third goal was offside,
but that killed the game off.
"We showed resilience, character and going forward we always looked
dangerous, but you are never happy when you lose a game because it
is very difficult to take.
"It is a learning curve for our team at the moment. We do not get
enough, considering the quality of our game, because we lack
experience in the decisive moments of the game."
