Source: Telegraph
Carling Cup not 'Mickey Mouse' as Arsenal aim to end trophy drought, says Theo Walcott
The 21-year-old England international turned in a fine individual display as he helped himself to a double in Arsenal's 4-0 Carling Cup victory at Newcastle, which booked their place in the quarter-finals. [LNB]Arsenal went ahead through Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul's 45th-minute own goal and Walcott scored his first at the start of the second half. [LNB] Related ArticlesNewcastle United 0 Arsenal 4Newcastle back Chris HughtonAston Villa 2 Burnley 1; aetHoullier hails Heskey and DowningWest Ham 3 Stoke City 1; aetCarling Cup fourth round: live scoresNicklas Bendtner scored in the 83rd minute before Walcott completed an emphatic victory for Arsenal that puts the club closer to ending a five-year trophy drought. [LNB]"People may say that this is a Mickey Mouse cup, but we want to win trophies," Walcott said. [LNB]"We want to look back on the trophies we have won in our career. At the moment it's none, but if we keep playing like that I'm sure it will come." [LNB]Meanwhile, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that Walcott's pace could be at the root of his injury problems. [LNB]Wednesday night's match was his first start since returning from an injury suffered on England duty and the Frenchman looked on with fingers crossed as he rode a series of committed challenges with no ill-effects. [LNB]Wenger said: "At his pace, when you get stopped, you are always vulnerable. Tonight, he got one or two tackles and he got away with it because he did not have his full weight on his standing leg. [LNB]"But against Switzerland, for example, what can you do? He is not vulnerable because of his injuries, it was a tackle. [LNB]"When you play against a player who is so quick, sometimes you can mistime tackles. [LNB]"It's not necessarily always that you want to hit him, but he is so quick that you think, 'Now I can get the ball', and it has gone away."[LNB]
