Arsene Wenger: Arsenal must not lose confidence and should put the defeat behind them
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that his side should put the Carling Cup final defeat behind them and focus on the future.
While talking to the reporters, Wenger is reported to have said, "We have to live with the conclusions of people and keep our targets and goals,"
"We are in a massive race in the championship, we have an opportunity to qualify in the FA Cup and we have won the first leg in the Champions League. We have much higher targets than the Carling Cup, even though we would have loved to have won it. We all
agree about that." added the Arsenal boss.
Arsenal lost the Carling Cup final against Birmingham City 2-1 on Sunday, after a horrendous misunderstanding between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wojciech-Szczesny-c36998 resulted in a later winner for Birmingham. The Gunners who looked on course for their first title
in six years were shattered by the defeat and were down to tears after the match.
Wenger believes that their focus should be on bigger trophies but he would have loved to win the Carling Cup as well, as it would have set the pace in challenge for other trophies.
Arsenal, who are four points behind Manchester United in the Premier League and with a game in hand, will be pleased by yesterday night’s defeat of Manchester United against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786, as it leaves the door open for them to close the gap on the leaders.
Wenger believes that his side should not damage their confidence and raise their game to avail the chances to win other trophies that are available. The Arsenal manager added, "We cannot let our motivation level or our confidence level drop because of that
because of the massive targets we have in front of us."
Arsenal will play Leyton Orient in the FA Cup fifth round replay today, after drawing 1-1 in the first leg of the fixture. The villains of the Carling Cup final Koscielny and Szczesny will not feature in the match. Wenger confirmed that Koscielny has a minor
hamstring complaint, while Szczesny will be rested.
Winner of this game will face Manchester United in the sixth round of FA Cup on the 12th of March.
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