Match Reaction Vs Norwich

[Joker]

Wenger's reaction:

on the defeat…
Norwich had a good defensive performance; they were focused and committed. We had a lot of the ball but did not create much with it. It was an illusionary domination. It was a disappointing performance for our side.

on the reasons for the defeat…
I felt we lacked a bit of sharpness. We tried to get into the game after 20 minutes. But we missed what makes the success at the top level - that is complete focus, and they were sharper than us.

on the goal...
We do not blame anybody, we many made mistakes today. We have to put that performance behind us and realise that is not good enough and come out on Wednesday with a different performance.

The attitude of the team has been excellent but that was not at the level of what we have produced until now. It was the first time of the season we were way below par. And we were well below today.

on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s injury...
It was a kick on his hip. It is not long-term. But he will be out for Wednesday.

on Jack Wilshere...
We have to be conscious he has not played for 14 months. I would have brought him on if the game had allowed it today, but it was too intense. He will play on Monday with the reserves and then we will see where we go from there. He needs games.

on the reaction from the defeat…
I hope it will have a positive impact. It was a shock to the system today. But you have to give credit to Norwich today. They played well and were completely committed and they deserved the win. Maybe we underrated the difficulty we would face. But the Premier League is the Premier League. If you are not ready for the fight then you will always have bad surprises. There is a big difference between the amount of possession we had and the amount of chances we created. That is down to the fact that Norwich defended well and we did not create a lot.

on losing players during the international break…
It is not an excuse. We have to deal with that. You could say we have better players but there is only one way to show that – one the football pitch.

on players coming back…
I don’t see anyone new being [back] for Wednesday night. The closest will be Gibbs but he will not be ready. Walcott will not be ready [either].

"Little bit sharpness"

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Illusionary domination. I think I like that.

[Globalgunner]

Can someone tell me how Chelseas millions stopped us from trying to buy a good keeper for circa 10m 2 seasons ago when we has shit written all over Mannone, Almunia and fabianski, or why we considered 8m too much for Cahill when we spent 10m on the unkown Koscileny 6 months later. Had a good laugh when some Gooners on here were saying that Kozzer is a better defender anyway.

[IBK]

I could only watch when we were 1-0 down. Had to go out. Just came back and I felt trepidation finding the final score. When I saw it I wasn't surprised. Says it all, really. We aren't very good.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

on losing players during the international break…
It is not an excuse. We have to deal with that. You could say we have better players but there is only one way to show that – one the football pitch.

Least he did not blame the international week or say any rubbish. Well apart from the sharpness stuff.

[Joker]

"Maybe we underrated the difficulty we would face.". Isn't it the job of the manager to make sure the players don't take anything for granted? We've had players like Clichy and Walcott in the past admit we've sometimes underestimated the so called lesser teams and have suffered for it.

[dazthegooner]

"Maybe we underrated the difficulty we would face.". Isn't it the job of the manager to make sure the players don't take anything for granted? We've had players like Clichy and Walcott in the past admit we've sometimes underestimated the so called lesser teams and have suffered for it.

I actually think that if we had a manager say Fergie in charge of this team we would probably do alot better as he is more of a motivator.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

"Maybe we underrated the difficulty we would face.". Isn't it the job of the manager to make sure the players don't take anything for granted? We've had players like Clichy and Walcott in the past admit we've sometimes underestimated the so called lesser teams and have suffered for it.

Yes, and at HT he should have (maybe he did). But lets be honest it was Nowrich The players we have should not be scared playing them or find it difficult.

[LDG]

Little bit illusionary sharpness.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Can someone tell me how Chelseas millions stopped us from trying to buy a good keeper for circa 10m 2 seasons ago when we has shit written all over Mannone, Almunia and fabianski, or why we considered 8m too much for Cahill when we spent 10m on the unkown Koscileny 6 months later. Had a good laugh when some Gooners on here were saying that Kozzer is a better defender anyway.

I'm not sure exactly what you're responding to because I nor SWAYR were talking about defenders/goalkeepers.

Cahill isn't that great though.