Wenger insisted Arsenal must now earn the right to discuss a title tilt all over again, starting with Saturday’s trip to Tottenham.
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‘We need to step out onto the pitch as if we’re already 1-0 up’. “That said, we lack a certain hunger”, Sanchez said.
The Chile forward said a lack of hunger and a lack of self-belief was to blame for the Gunners faltering in their Premier League title bid by losing their last three games.
The Canaries are 18th, having lost eight of their last nine games in all competitions, and are now six points adrift of the Swans, with captain Williams issuing a rallying cry to his side.
Sanchez was a part of Barcelona squad, who were hungry for success and won silverware.
Olivier Giroud, now without a goal in 10 matches, was one of the main culprits but it was Alexis Sanchez who thrashed against the post with the game’s first clear chance.
“We have full confidence in him and it won’t be a problem”.
Sky football pundit Phil Thompson thinks Arsenal aren’t showing enough fight to win the Premier League.
Cech seemed to be clutching his hamstring after running up for an Arsenal corner in the final minute of injury time as the team chased an equaliser, and Arsene Wenger said he has a “muscular problem”. On his side’s prospects, he said: “At the moment, we don’t dream, we are realistic”. The players are very down. We have another big game in three days.
“I believe we were really unlucky with our finishing and some decisions today”, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told the BBC.
“We have just lost three games and that is always a hard moment for the team”.
Goalkeeper Cech picked up an injury during the Gunners’ 2-1 defeat to Swansea on Wednesday, while Koscielny is still recovering from a calf injury.
He continued: “I knew that Joel had not played for a while and I knew that he would start to tire”.
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Cech’s absence thrusts Colombian World Cup goalkeeper David Ospina into the spotlight but Wenger insists he has no concerns on that score.
