Wenger hails confidence-boosting win

24 October 2010 20:00
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Sunday's 3-0 win at Manchester City will give his side the belief to march on again. The Gunners have gone through a sticky spell in the past month with defeats at the hands of West Brom and Chelsea. They responded by winning at Birmingham last week and, following a Champions League thrashing of Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, Wenger feels his team are now firing again. Arsenal overwhelmed 10-man City with goals from Samir Nasri, Alex Song and Nicklas Bendtner and their performance contradicted recent criticism of their record against supposed Barclays Premier League title rivals. Wenger said: "For us it was important to us to get a win in a big place, to strengthen belief of the squad and continue our march forward. "I think we did it here with calm intelligence and overall the needed performance to play against 10 men. I think collectively we completely dominated the game. I hope that will give us the belief and confidence to take into other games."

Source: PA