4Swansea, Tottenham, Ostersund, Manchester City
Swansea A Jan 30, 3-1
Key points: Not at that level, usual mistakes, lack of concentration, lack of confidence.
“I would say, overall, Swansea were hungrier, sharper in the duels and we are absolutely guilty tonight of not being at the level on that front.
“Secondly I believe we were not disciplined enough and when we scored the goal against a team who defend so deep and then one minute later it’s 1-1… overall I believe I don’t even want to talk about the second and third goals. It is a very disappointing night for us.
“I believe that we go home very, very disappointed. We are in front and a team of our solidity should be much better against a team like that, I believe we must make sure not to make a defensive mistake because of a lack of discipline.
“On top of that we made unusual, massive mistakes, that was the killer.” Wenger
“I don’t put it down to anything, you make mistakes, you make mistakes, it is not always a rational explanation behind it apart from the fact that maybe it highlights the whole lack of quality of concentration that we lacked tonight.” Wenger
“Maybe after a while it becomes a confidence problem as well, but overall it’s easy to put it down to confidence and tonight it’s very difficult to find a rational explanation behind our performance.” Wenger
“Well, they defended well and we simply made mistakes. When you keep making mistakes then obviously at this level the team can take advantage of that.” Cech
Tottenham A Feb 10, 1-0
Key points: Exceptional opponent, slow start, react in next game, made mistakes.
“I don’t think they lacked the hunger to defend. They were up against a super striker who is one of the best in the world. He scores against everybody, so all of the defenders who play against him must lack hunger then!” Wenger
“That’s the most important thing [bouncing back]. They started sharper than us I suppose. It’s something we spoke about as well, so I don’t really know why that happened. But we have to deal with it now. We’ve lost the game and we have to move on and focus on the next game and try to win the next game.” Wilshere
“We came here with the hope that we could win the game. We did everything to make sure that we were ready to win the game and we failed to do so.” Cech
“We can’t just be stuck looking back at this game. We need to analyse, need to make sure we don’t make the same mistakes and we’ve still got quite a few games to play.” Bellerin
Ostersund H Feb 22, 2-1
Key points: Complacent, not focused, made mistakes, react in next game.
“In the first half we were in trouble and in danger because we were complacent, not focused and were open every time we lost the ball. We had no ideas with the ball and that’s why we were in trouble.
“Against all teams, you can be in trouble every time you’re not 100 per cent focused.
“It’s better not to talk too much tonight, and focus on our next game.” Wenger.
Manchester City N Feb 25, 3-0
Key points: Exceptional opponent, unlucky, react in next game.
“When you lose a game like that everything is questioned.
“TV personalities when you don’t win a game – it’s questioned. We played against a good side, you cannot say it’s an average side. They dominate the Premier League.
“Some of them (pundits) have been players and I know them. They have not always played at 200% (themselves).” Wenger.
“When you lose a game like that everything is questioned – the players, the team, the personalties,” he said. “It is now [like that] of course every time that you don’t win a game.
“But we played against a good side, you cannot say that we played against an average side. They dominate the Premier League and they have good players. It is difficult to come back [when you are behind against them].” Wenger.
“I felt we were unlucky,” said Wenger.