Wenger wants a better performance and Cesc Fabregas warns Arsenal against Ipswich Town
Arsene Wenger demands an improved performance from Arsenal against Ipswich Town after the weekend slip up in a match against another Championship side Leeds United.
Arsenal will play Carling Cup semi-final tonight against Ipswich Town. The Gunners are favourites to win this competition and end their trophy drought of five years. The other semi-final of this competition is between two Premier League sides, West Ham United
and Birmingham City.
Arsenal manager is expected to make wholesale changes to his team sheet for the crucial semi-final against a Championship side. Despite putting up a poor performance against Leeds United, Arsene Wenger claims that his team is determined to win Carling Cup
and will perform better against Ipswich Town.
He said: "That we have not won a trophy for five years will not have a big influence on the match against Ipswich. What will have a big influence on us is that we are two games away from the final, and we want to go there. We will be highly motivated to do
it. We will go to Ipswich to do the job well and to turn up with a better performance than on Saturday."
Moreover, Arsenal young skippers, Cesc Fabregas has issued a warning for his teammates that they should not take Ipswich Town easily as they look to win this Cup for the first time in over 17 years.
The Spaniard helped Arsenal from crashing out of the FA Cup third round last Saturday. The 23-year-old scored a late penalty to save the Gunners and earned his side a replay against Leeds United.
However, Cesc Fabregas is wary of the threat of another upset and said that reaching a semi-final of any competition is a great achievement for a lower league team and wining the competition would be Ipswich utmost priority.
Arsenal skipper added that Ipswich motivation will be very high in this match and it would be their two biggest games of this season.
The Spaniard continued: "They will be desperate to beat us, they will want to show their strengths, and their motivation will be as high as possible. If we want to get through we will have to match that motivation, if not raise it further."
Ipswich Town were thrashed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 by seven goals in their last weekend’s FA Cup third round match at Stamford Bridge. Even though the first leg of this semi-final is being at Ipswich’s home, the Gunners are favourites to win this tie.
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