Loss leaves Wenger downbeat
30 Nov 2006 - 08:36:30
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refused to finally admit that his side are out of the Premiership title race, despite seeing the Gunners lose 2-1 at Fulham.
The visitors were 2-0 down just 19 minutes into the Craven Cottage encounter and failed to recover, despite Robin van Persie's superb free-kick nine minutes before half-time.
However, Wenger told reporters after the game: "I will leave the mathematics of the title to you.
"We will now go away and focus on the next game.
"We never expected defeat. It was played at a high pace, but we gave it everything and created chances. So I'm not disappointed with the way we played.
"It was our third away defeat in a row and as against West Ham and Bolton we could have had the points. At the moment things are just not going for us."
"Of course we are down and disappointed, but it's part of your job to cope with that - if you want to play at the top level, sometimes it doesn't got your way.
"We have character and we will respond, don't worry."