Arsene Wenger fired a stinging response to Thierry Henry’s claim that Arsenal fans were as angry as he’s seen them following Wednesday night’s shock defeat by Swansea. Henry, who is also a Sky Sports pundit, has his own executive box at the Emirates Stadium.
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According to the Mirror, David Ospina is likely to replace Cech in the squad and Wenger admitted he has full confidence on the Colombian.
‘Cech had a little groin problem [before the match] but declared himself 100% fit, ‘ revealed Wenger. “He also has a calf problem and will not play on Saturday”, said Wenger.
“He has not found the measurement of the fans’ anger, of 60,000 people, straight away”, Wenger added.
Arsene Wenger: “At the moment I am worrying about our results”.
Maybe our confidence has been a bit jaded but its like always in football. Our fans are unhappy, I am unhappy, we’re all unhappy and if you were in our dressing room after the game you would see that we are absolutely devastated to lose the game.
“It was kind of a bitter end of the game for me because we wanted to get three points to close the gap and in the end we lost and I got injured as well”. POCHETTINO DOUBTS GUNNERS Meanwhile, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino believes Arsenal are no better equipped to handle pressure than his side.
“But nobody expected them to lose at home to a Swansea team who had rested a lot of their best players”.
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The Frenchman said Arsenal can make a comeback against Tottenham Hotspur and did not wish to reflect much upon on striker Alexis Sanchez questioning whether some of his teammates had enough hunger and desire to win the title. “Sometimes (they have) success and sometimes not”. For now it is White Hart Lane they must deal with and even as we approach the 20th anniversary of Wenger at Arsenal, during which he has never finished a league season beneath Spurs, it would be fair that no-one can be sure what his team will deliver.
