‘We wanted to play at high-pace and put them under pressure with the speed of passing and it worked quite well. “The situation now is that every game we concede two goals at minimum”.
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“Now we are a great team only on paper, not on the pitch”, said the Italian.
Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil all got on the scoresheet as the Gunners dispatched of Antonio Conte’s side. We were committed and disciplined.
“We lost (Francis) Coquelin – and Granit Xhaka came on and straight away he was at the level of the game and that makes a big difference”.
October 2011 was the last time he celebrated three points from this particular London derby and Arsenal had not even scored in the league against their rivals since January 2013 – but Wenger and his side were soon on their way to addressing that issue.
It is though a platform for Arsenal to build upon, but it’s up to Wenger to show that he and his squad are just as hungry for the title 20 years down the line as when he changed the English game forever.
“I felt that in the last three weeks, our team was on the way up”. I am more conscious about what Arsenal is all about, and I feel the weight of keeping people happy, and making people happy.
‘I’d be tempted to say it is one of our best performances in years, especially in the first-half, ‘ said Wenger.
‘There’s a long distance between winning a big game and winning the Premier League. “So you’ve got to give credit to everyone today”. It was an important psychological hurdle. We didn’t always manage that, not least a year ago in a sensitive period, but today they were pleased with the quality of our performance’.
A minute later, Ledley atoned for his earlier error with a goal and James McArthur headed in an equaliser before Christian Benteke’s stoppage-time strike completed the south London club’s comeback and denied Sunderland a first league win of the season.
“I don’t think he’s changed too much, really”, Keown told The Daily Mail.
The midfielder missed a significant chunk of last season with a knee ligament problem, and Wenger hopes this latest setback will not be as severe. We have to wait for 48 hours, but he left the stadium in a brace, so that’s the one negative.
“This was a massive game against a great team like Arsenal and it’s incredible from the first minute the attitude was not good”, he said.
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“At the moment Man City looks to be well in front, but if we can maintain our performances and the quality of our performances and be consistent we might have a chance”.
