Arsenal’s season hit a new low when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Crystal Palace – a side which has won just once in the league since December. ‘But what is completely surprising in the game is people become horrendous when you tackle face to face.
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“It is hard to accept but the competition goes on and we focus on the next one”.
“We had chances to score the second goal but didn’t find the back of the net”. But the derby means a lot to us and the position compared to Tottenham means a lot as well.
“On their goal, it did not look unstoppable, maybe the shot surprised him, but we maybe should have stopped the shot”.
A rueful Arsene Wenger said, “I’m very disappointed”.
“The best team of the season will definitely win the league, we have only three or four weeks to go and we will know very soon who will win it”.
“But at the end of the day it is amusing, the weather was good, we were playing in London and 20 minutes from my house, I have to be happy”.
“If you’re an Arsenal supporter there have definitely been better times”.
Arsenal trail Leicester City by 13 points with five games left after they were denied by Yannick Bolasie’s late equaliser, and Wenger has lowered his sights. “We lacked a bit of that desperation, even when we were 2-0 up at West Ham, to defend and get everyone behind the ball”.
“Honestly, after the game, I am not in that kind of mood to dream about the [Premier League] championship, I am more in the kind of mood to fix mental damage and prepare for the next game”, said Wenger. “We will see where we stand at the end of the season so we must stick together”.
“Thursday is another big game for them, they have got to be careful now of that top four”.
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Also, with Gabriel struggling in recent games, players were surprised that Per Mertesacker was neither introduced as a substitute in the West Ham draw to combat Andy Carroll’s aerial presence, or featured against Palace with Gabriel out of form.
