Arsenal will recover from the surprising opening-day Premier League defeat at the hands of West Ham, says manager Arsene Wenger. The Gunners got beaten 2-0 at home on Sunday, even though they had 62% ball possession and 22 shots. However, just six of those 22 shots were on target.
"We will respond to that accident," Wenger said. "The players were maybe too nervous and put too much pressure on themselves. Today we have been hurt mentally and it is a good opportunity to respond. We were not convincing offensively or defensively. I knew it could be a tricky game. If you can't win the game, make sure you don't lose it."
Arsenal finished third in the Premier League last season and managed to win the FA Cup. Wenger has signed just one player this summer, goalkeeper Petr Cech from Chelsea. Media reports claimed the Gunners are chasing Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema but Wenger says new players wouldn't have helped get a better result against West Ham. "I would like to think that we are responsible for buying the players, not the media," Wenger said. "When you're a pro footballer, you have to face your responsibilities and not always look at something else. Today we have to look at ourselves and think we were not good enough and not to think that these kinds of things are solutions for us."
Arsenal are 5.50 at Bet365 to win the Premier League this season.
rikimartin4444_115925
8 years ago
Every year the same situation with Arsenal. Play a weak first half of the season and then in the second part raise form. I think Arsenal have to play a much more concrete, with a more direct attack. Arsene Wenger needs to buy a new striker. Karim Benzema would be the right solution for Arsenal.
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sharpe
8 years ago
Sometimes these first games are very tricky and Arsenal couldn't start in the way they wanted but I think this is not a fatal mistake. There is 37 more games in this league and no team could win the title in the first week. It's not a pleasant feeling for them to start the race in such a way but Wenger knows best that this...
Sometimes these first games are very tricky and Arsenal couldn't start in the way they wanted but I think this is not a fatal mistake. There is 37 more games in this league and no team could win the title in the first week. It's not a pleasant feeling for them to start the race in such a way but Wenger knows best that this is a long road.
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advoghado
8 years ago
It seems that the initial game in the Premier League for Arsenal team was once of those days that all things do not work. But as the coach Wenger said, Arsenal will recover, the team is good, what can not happen is to lose again to teams considered weaker in the Premier League, train hard is the solution.
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seculla
8 years ago
I must say that I agree with Alexa, all of us expected big win from Arsenal after that great match against Chelsea last week. But they didn't had luck, and didn't made to score from all those chances that they had. If you see the statistic of the game, you'll see that they had 22 shots and they didn't score, and that is...
I must say that I agree with Alexa, all of us expected big win from Arsenal after that great match against Chelsea last week. But they didn't had luck, and didn't made to score from all those chances that they had. If you see the statistic of the game, you'll see that they had 22 shots and they didn't score, and that is just a bad luck. I expect great response from them, just like Arsene Wenger.
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Alexa Alexa 8 years ago
Arsenal really disappointed their fans in first round.Nobody expected defeat against West Ham.It is normal to see some reaction now,but I also think that Wenger must think about making some changes in the squad.Arsenal has many good players but not much of top class.He needs one or two players of top class if he wants to...
Arsenal really disappointed their fans in first round.Nobody expected defeat against West Ham.It is normal to see some reaction now,but I also think that Wenger must think about making some changes in the squad.Arsenal has many good players but not much of top class.He needs one or two players of top class if he wants to be sure for the first 4 spots in Premier Leugue.
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