“Overall, we were unlucky as they had one shot at goal, but maybe there was a lack of confidence to really go for it”.
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The Gunners blew a chance to take a major step towards securing Champions League qualification for a remarkable 19th successive season after being held at home by London rivals Palace at the Emirates Stadium yesterday.
‘The Frenchman has given his players four of the last nine days off, as Arsenal’s season threatens to implode, leaving little time to work on problems at both ends of the pitch.
“So of course I’m a little bit sad”.
It finished 1-1, meaning Arsenal failed to take advantage of Leicester drawing 2-2 with West Ham earlier in the day. “You can’t get me into any criticism of Wenger”. They got us on the break and that is the story of the game.
“Honestly, after the game today I’m not in that kind of mood to dream about the championship”, Wenger said.
CRYSTAL Palace forward Emmanuel Adebayor hailed Sunday’s point at old club Arsenal and hopes to build on it further at Manchester United on Wednesday. “You have to do that rather than look behind us”.
“It is very hard, we had a lot of possession but did not make enough of it”, Wenger told BBC Sport.
“We had chances to score the second goal but didn’t find the back of the net”.
“We lacked a change of pace, our passing was a bit slow”. “Maybe he could have stopped it, maybe he was surprised, I don’t know”. Sanchez should have been dealt with better by Pape Souare, who let the Chilean winger to get goal side and thus get his head to the ball to easily for the goal.
Pardew refused to categorically say Palace were safe ahead of Wednesday’s league trip to Manchester United and Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Watford, but was looking up the standings.
“We are very, very disappointed. That’s not a deficiency in their game-plan or manager – it’s to be admired – but of course it’s an opportunity”.
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Leicester only need to collect eight points from their last four matches to clinch the first league title in the 132-year history of this central England team.
