“We were walking in Maksimir forrest [next to the club’s Maksimir stadium], and there wasn’t a person who hadn’t mentioned and congratulated us on the game“, he told Goal.
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Wenger said: “Ospina is a very, very good goalkeeper and he has shown that again (in Zagreb)”.
The Gunners were already a goal down when Giroud was sent off, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlin having put the ball into his own net in the 24th minute.
The hosts doubled their lead at the start of the second half through a powerful header by Junior Fernandes.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger blamed the defeat on bad luck although he might also question his side’s poor defending at set-pieces and a lack of creativity in midfield.
The Arsenal forward’s frustration got the better of him when he was booked for dissent after his reaction to the referee blowing for a foul against him. But the second, he is unlucky to touch the guy. It was accidental completely, but it happened.
‘I don’t understand the referee’
. It has to be on objective, a foul on goal.
Wenger insisted Romanian referee Ovidiu Hategan was harsh in flashing the second yellow card.
The Gunners suffered a 2-1 defeat against Dinamo Zagreb in one of the most surprising results of the competition so far.
“We were a bit unlucky tonight”, the Frenchman said.
Arsene Wenger recorded his first ever win over Jose Mourinho in the Community Shield last month.
“Arsenal is one of the best teams who ever played here and they did exactly what we agreed they would do”, said the 43-year-old, as quoted by The Mirror.
“I have to analyse that well”. Real Madrid has the two all time streaks – they appeared in the first 15 European Champions Cup tournaments, and have been in the last 19 Champions Leagues.
However, Walcott has faith the north Londoners can recover in a group, that includes Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Olympiacos.
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Walcott believes the tough run of games will test the squad but is confident they will thrive under pressure.
