Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has credited Swansea City for their performance, but believed that the Gunners were the more dominant with their pace and passing once they took the lead early in the second half.
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Chelsea were beaten 1-3 by Liverpool in a result that increased the pressure on Mourinho, whose side are down in 15th place. As well as the England games against Spain and France, Walcott will be absent from Arsenal matches against Swansea, Bayern Munich, Tottenham, West Brom, Dinamo Zagreb, Norwich and potentially Sunderland. “We know that when we are at our best we can give anyone a game in this league and we’ll need to be at that level on Saturday”.
“I have been very impressed by [Campbell], his attitude is outstanding and his daily dedication in training and his desire to improve is absolutely fantastic”.
The Swans spurned good chances in a goalless first half before Arsene Wenger’s side cantered to victory with a clinical second-half display.
“It was a different game after we scored the first goal”.
“We are very ambitious, very hungry as well and if we play like that we will be in the (title) fight”, Wenger told Sky Sports after Arsenal had avenged last season’s two league defeats to Swansea.
“The game could have been different, but we were not able to put the chances away, so it’s a disappointing final result”.
Olivier Giroud s goal was the 2000th scored by Arsenal since Wenger took charge, with strikes from Laurent Koscielny and Joel Campbell sealing the win.
“It’s a challenge for me and for the players who come in to show their quality”.
Wenger rejected criticism of Arsenal’s training methods after the London Colney treatment room became more crowded this week.
In the 69th minute Arsenal capitalized on a mistake by Swansea goalie Lukasz Fabianski.
I wanted to keep him here this season.
“There are always a diverse set of opinions from managers on that”. “The last 10 minutes, the most important thing of my team is we have the character and the trust”. But the referee decided it wasn t.
“You see it time and time again”. But you need to take your chances and get yourself on top when you are playing as well as we were.
“I feel for the players today”.
“It’s hard because there were a lot of positives, especially the first half”.
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“It’s a shame because we played so well”. He had a wonderful spell on loan to Olympiacos two seasons ago and sparkled at the World Cup with Costa Rica in Brazil in 2014, but his game time has been limited at the Emirates.
