Arsène Wenger believes the best
way for Arsenal to miss out on Champions League qualification is to
think it is already in the bag.
The Frenchman looked on frustrated as his side were well beaten 4-1
at Liverpool on Saturday. The result saw Arsenal slip to fourth
place behind Rafa Benitezs side but still well ahead of Bolton in
fifth.
However Wenger feels his side are far from assured of a place in
Europes top competition and argues they need to fight on for the
sake of the coming campaign.
It is important to finish the season well in order to start the
next season well, he said. I am up for it.
Sometimes you are not conscious enough, you think OK we are in a
comfortable position but we are not. The best way not to finish
well is to think we have a good cushion.
After the game at Liverpool the players realised we wont get away
with it now. We need to put in a different type of
performance.