Arsene Wenger more furious than ever after a dismal 2010/11 season
Arsenal’s manager Arsene Wenger is more disheartened than ever and has claimed this season was to be the toughest he has faced ever since he joined the Club in 1996.
Arsenal were ousted from Carling Cup final, knocked-out of UEFA Champions League by Barcelona and lost to Manchester United in the FA Cup in a span of two weeks. They are now nine points behind the Premier League Leader’s Manchester United with only four
games left in their hand.
"We feel more frustrated than ever because we are closer than ever to win this league," said Frenchman Wenger.
Arsenal is without silverware since 2005 and after beating Stoke by 1-0, they were just three points behind the Red Devils. However, they collapsed to Birmingham at Wembley, where http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Obafemi-Martins-c28273 scored a late winner after a defensive mix-up.
Arsenal’s confidence evaporated after the defeat and it was followed by a series of poor results; they drew against Sunderland, West Brom and Blackburn in the league which dented their title bid. On the other hand, they lost to Barcelona in the Champions
League and were defeated by United in the FA Cup.
The stalemates against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and Tottenham pushed the Gunner’s confidence even lower as their London rivals leapfrogged over them into the second place.
Later Arsenal’s 16-game unbeaten run came to end when they lost to Bolton in the dying minutes of the game, ending their title chances this season as 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." stated Wenger.
Arsenal last lifted the league trophy in 2004 and have finished in the top four until now. Nine points adrift of leaders is the closest the Gunners have come. Despite bowing out from most competitions and trailing Manchester united in the league, who are
in a very strong position, Wenger has still not given up and is insisting of fighting until the end.
"We promised ourselves to fight until the last second of the season, no matter what happens. That is what we want to do now - and you never know."
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