Arsene Wenger claims Arsenal's shocking Carling Cup defeat is costly: EPL News
Arsenal boss has claimed that the Gunners' shocking defeat against Birmingham City in the Carling Cup in February has hugely affected club’s rest of the season performance and admitted that
his players have failed to regain their confidence since.
Arsene Wenger said, “I feel the team gave a lot in the last two months. Since we lost in the Carling Cup everything has turned a little bit against us. When we were on all fronts, this team
had fought very well. I just feel that after the Carling Cup we continued to be absolutely spot on with our attitude.”
“But we missed a little bit of that subconscious belief which makes you win. That frustrates you because you know that it is there and you want to fight against it,” added, Arsenal manager.
Arsenal were the only club in Europe which was contesting in four different competitions and were strong favourites to win the Carling Cup as their opponents were Barclays Premier League
minnows Birmingham City. Arsenal trailed to an early goal by Birmingham City in the final, but it was levelled by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Laurent-Koscielny-c21742 gifted
opposition the winning goal with only few minutes to go. The Gunners were shell shocked as their golden chance of winning silverware was wasted in an awful manner.
The Carling Cup disappointment was then followed by a very poor performance against Barcelona in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League knock-out and as a result of which Arsenal crashed
out of the European competition. Soon after that, the Gunners were also knocked out of the FA Cup when Manchester United defeated them by 2-0 at Old Trafford in the quarter-final of the competitions.
Arsene Wenger’s men were only left in the Barclays Premier League but their poor run-in form, in which they won only one match from last seven league games, completely ruled them out of the
title race. Arsenal are likely to finish another season without any trophy and Arsene Wenger blames the Carling Cup defeat as he feels that his players has failed to regain their confidence since.
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