The Arsenal manager also face unrest for his second substitution of the game, when he replaced Alex Iwobi with Danny Welbeck.
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“It was a unusual atmosphere but we have to live with that and overall the fans, some were protesting yes, but the big majority didn’t and the big majority was behind the team and they showed they appreciate what I have done until now”, said Wenger, Arsenal’s manager since September 1996. The win was much wanted, needed and hard.
The stadium mood had not been helped by Wenger’s pre-match comments in which he said that his team’s title aspirations had been hindered by playing “in a very hard climate” at home.
Sanchez was not the only Arsenal forward to struggle against a stubborn Norwich backline, with Olivier Giroud enduring a first half that saw him booed by his own supporters in the closing stages.
Norwich will know what they have to do, if Newcastle and Sunderland have got results then they need to get something out of this game. It’s fundamental. It’s been a good game, a good performance but at the end of the day, we haven’t scored and we’ve lost 1-0.
“It was a odd atmosphere”. We have to live with that.
“This club does have special values though and one I’ve experienced over the years is to stick together and support the team”. They showed that they appreciate what I’ve done until now, so it’s all right.
But he says he will be back next year and that his objective is to “make people happy”. You give your whole life for that and try to do as well as possible. I have to accept the judgment of people.
Redknapp evidently wasn’t impressed with the protests, as he believes that in the grand scheme of things it will make little difference to the club. I’m irritated and frustrated if I can not keep people happy.
Wenger has been under pressure this season after Arsenal’s title challenge collapsed, with Leicester in pole position to win the Premier League.
We will see what we have to do, but I think we need to be more regular, regulars every time.
“I did commit and I stayed, and under very hard circumstances”, he said.
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“I honestly didn’t see [Sanchez walking down the tunnel]”. At that stage I was more anxious to keep the 1-0 and I didn’t see it.
