I am very proud...

  • by Gordon Thrower
  • Saturday, 29th September 2007

Arsene Wenger gives us his view of today's events at the Boleyn. We don't think he was referring to his teams diving habit but...

They tried to make it difficult for us by mixing the ball, by going direct. We were a little bit apprehensive, a bit cautious because we lost last year. We knew it was a big test for us and at the start we played with a little bit of the handbrake.

We didn’t make the mistake we made at Blackburn and continued to play to go forward. Unfortunately we didn’t get the second goal but we kept a clean sheet and won the game.

In the end I think we deserved it. There is room for improvement but I am very proud of what the team are doing at the moment.

Green did very well – he’s a good goalkeeper we know that.

Challenging for the title? – I think so I believe that. Everywhere we go we try to grow, to improve. Today we were faced with a different problem in the air. We had to try to keep the pace going – you naturally slow things down when the ball is in the air.

We said at half time we needed to up the pace in the second half. It seems we are maturing tactically.

Mark Noble’s challenge? I didn’t see it again but to me it looked nasty. If it was accidental it was a very bad one because to see (Hleb’s) leg – it looks unbelievable. He is bruised from the knee down to the toes.

We are quite optimistic – Noble for me is usually a fair player. I don’t know if it was an accident or not but he caught him well. Hleb looks to be out of the European game as he cannot walk properly. Adebayor has a kick on the thigh He has a good chance to play on Tuesday night.

Are the players less inhibited without Henry? It is difficult to measure but we expect the team to grow. In October 2007 we are better than we were in September 2006.

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