Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger: Our title bid is all but over – Barclays Premier League special
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has finally admitted that his team’s title bid has come to an end. Arsenal suffered another big setback in their hunt for the Premier League title, as they were beaten 2-1 away from home by Bolton Wanderers. This also ended a 16
match unbeaten run for the Gunners, and left the boss admitting that the chances of his team winning the league are now minimal.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tamir-Cohen-c34618 was the man who scored the winner to sink the Gunners’ ship that had been blowing hot and cold in the last few weeks of the campaign. Bolton lifted their game a week after being beaten 5-0 in the FA Cup semi final by Stoke City.
Arsenal are now 9 points behind league leaders Manchester United and 3 points behind http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, who are now the only real title challengers for Manchester United.
Arsene Wenger was talking to a news channel after the game and said that it is hard for him to digest a loss like that. He added that his team played very well and even though they were a goal down after the first-half, they had plenty of chances to win
the game.
Wenger went on to say that his team has to fight on and win the rest of the games, but admitted that Gunners have minimal chances of winning the league now with just four games to go.
Arsenal boss has defended his team in every game despite question marks over the team’s performances in a number of games. In the match against Bolton, Arsenal lacked ideas in front of the goal. Still Wenger said that his team fought very hard and his players
are more disappointed than anyone else.
The Frenchman referred to last week as being the crucial one, where his team really slipped up in the title chase; Arsenal played http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 last Sunday and despite scoring a goal in 98th minute, managed to let in a late goal to surrendered two
invaluable points. Later in the midweek, they made the short trip across town to Tottenham, and once again after being 3-1 up in the first half, they let in two goals to end the game 3-3.
There are calls being made for big changes in the team, but the manager continues to defend his tactics and policies and said that dramatic changes are uncalled for.
"I feel this week we could have taken nine points and we have taken two, we do not have to change our way of playing. I feel we have to be more mature in some situations when we are looking too frail, if you look at the way we dropped points it makes it
even more frustrating." Wenger said.
Arsenal have not won any silverware in the last 7 seasons. The 2010/11 campaign promises to be another barren affair and the pressure is on Arsene Wenger and his team. The fans have stuck by him in the transition period, but even the most faithful of Arsenal
supporters are running out of patience, asking for big changes to be made at the club.
This summer might prove instrumental in determining the long term future of Arsenal. Arsene Wenger will be forced to finally make a few big purchases, and at the same time he would have to make sure that he keeps hold of his young talented players, who are
sure to look elsewhere for pastures greener with trophies.
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