Arsenal won at Watford before the worldwide break, having previously taken only one point from their first two games of the season, and Wenger said: “Two wins together is a big help, it gives players more confidence to get to where we want to be”.
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“I have been attending UEFA coach meetings for years now and I admire him”, he said of Wenger at his pre-match press conference. “I want to stay with the positives of this game”.
“No one more then me feels hard done by and disappointed, you can feel the same but not more then me! My personal case is not at stake in that at all”. This side still has plenty of talent but they are now missing the leader they once had so it will be important for the likes of Angel De Maria and Thiago Silva to show some fight. The squad is between 24 and 30.
“Last year, we were second in the group because Bayern [Munich] were in front of us”. “We did beat Bayern at home, but they were more consistent”.
“During the game we were pretty well but if you start like this it’s hard”.
Ibrahimovic has so far managed a total of four goals in four Premier League matches for his new side and will face Arsene Wenger’s team in November. “In France they always produce good football teams and players, so it’s exciting to come to this city and compare to where we are this season compared to everyone else”. If you look at the results over the weekend, our championship is very intense. But better than talking is playing well.
In an Evening Standard report the German declared that he was not too bothered about this or what may happen in the future, but was thinking only about Tuesday night and performing against PSG.
Wenger reserved special praise for Koscielny, who is now a doubt for the clash against PSG with an eye injury, after he celebrated turning 31 in style.
“When you lose the first home game you can not afford to drop points in the second”. I need confidence as well.
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PSG midfielder Marco Verratti shared a few words on fellow Italian, Nice striker Mario Balotelli, after he scored two goals on his debut to hand Nice a 3-2 victory over Olympique Marseille on Sunday – his first league goals for a year.
