Wenger:


Dear Arsenal supporter,

Some people have said that Wayne Rooney was the difference between the two sides on Sunday but I don't agree. I feel we had early chances in the first half which we didn't take and after that I believe Manchester United were sharper than us.

Physically they had the edge after the first half-an-hour and I believe that made a big difference. On the first goal we lost the ball in our half and after it was 1-0 we missed two great chances, one for Van Persie and one for Adebayor.

I left Thierry Henry out of the starting line-up because he had not recovered from Wednesday night's game. He was not injured but he has played more games than the other players and he played on his own up front against Juventus twice.

But I don't think Thierry being on the bench was a major factor in us losing the game. The game is not about those who sit on the bench, and we have lost at Old Trafford with Thierry on the pitch as well.

I think it is important to do the right things in the game, and we did not concede a goal because Thierry was sitting on the bench. It is always easy to look at the game like that but you have to analyse it like it happened, and United deserved to win because they were sharper.

Basically, in a big game you must score first if you want to win. You cannot lose a goal like we lost the first one and expect to win the game.

We were jaded on Sunday and the result certainly diminishes our chances of finishing fourth. However, it is still in our hands mathematically. We are five points behind Tottenham with a game in hand, we still have to play them at home and they also have some difficult games.

It is open but of course we want to win every game. Our problem is that we have fixture congestion with the Champions League games and we paid the price a little bit against United.

In previous years we could afford to drop the odd point and still qualify for the Champions League, but this season were are in a worse league position so there is less margin for error.

Thanks for your support.

nightrider:

unlike mourinho who will blame linesman, referee, uefa, fifa , caf, pitch , everything he can think of.

nightrider:

WE shall be in paris

nightrider:

read wengers comments, he doesn't blame referee, unlike mourinho.

bagoma:

why he would still be making so much noise about it over 48hrs later.

Are you not the Party coordinator that distribute beers, pepper soup and Champaigne?

Akolawole:



Are you not the Party coordinator that distribute beers, pepper soup and Champaigne?

lordimpaq:

thank God he's been quiet of late