Originally posted by glacer:
[b]Wenger: 'We have to stay humble and
hardworking'
On letting Sunderland back into the match...
"Yes, the game looked after 15 minutes to be easy and maybe we
convinced ourselves of that as well. But Sunderland made it after
difficult for us. I feel afterward that a bit of our mental focus
went and then you lose three or four per-cent, and at that level of
course you pay for it. We had less urgency in our decision-making,
we gave them more room to express themselves defensively and we
paid for it. At the end of the day it was a good lesson for us,
maturing, because they came back to 2-2 but again we found the
resources that still shows there is something in the team that is
really strong."
On Walcott's introduction...
"Yes, I felt that we needed some pace to go in behind them, you
know? We gave them too much of the ball and that made it easier for
them. Theo gave us something that was certainly determined
today."
On losing a two goal cushion...
"It was very frustrating and for the players as well, it looked too
easy after 2-0, and you know that when you have experience in
football that 2-1 is the biggest change psychologically for
anybody. At 2-1 a team who has already lost the game thinks 'Oh,we
have a chance', and the team that has already won the game thinks
'Oh, we can drop points again'. The first goal for Sunderland gave
them a lot of confidence."
On Diaby's disallowed goal...
"Frankly, it was the third goal. I don't know how he could disallow
that goal and certainly that would have changed the game completely
because at 3-0 it would have been a different game. But you can
only live with the decisions that are made and in the end we found
the third goal. It always looked like it was coming, but when you
hit the post once or twice and you don't score, you never know. And
they looked as well, in all fairness, always good going
forward."
On title talk...
"It's too early to say that but what is a good sign is when you are
2-0 up, they come back to 2-2, you win it again - that means there
is a great strength and resilience in the team, and you don't
panic. It's too early in the season, I hope you ask me that
question in January. The potential is there to be very good but the
competition at that level in the Premier League - you have seen
today, we played against Sunderland who is down in the league - we
still had problems so we have to keep very humble and hardworking
for each other."
On McShane's red card...
"McShane gave a few good kicks today, but he's a very aggressive
player. It looked to me a red card."
On Gilberto starting on the bench...
"I have a strong relationship with Gilberto, I spoke with him about
that, I have a huge respect for him, you know? At the moment it is
frustrating for him - incidentally it is his birthday today. He is
an important player in the group, he is an important player in the
team. As I said, it is a selection problem at the moment but he
will come back into the side, I don't worry about that."[/b]
wow the boss is so honest
