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Wenger: Pressure is now off

15 Mar 2009 - 11:15:22

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Arsene Wenger believes the pressure is now off Arsenal and they can challenge for silverware on three fronts in the closing weeks of the season.

The Gunners were 4-0 winners over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday following Andrey Arshavin's first goal for the club, an own goal and an Emmanuel Eboue brace.

The three points moved the north London club back inside the top four and kept alive their slim title hopes.

But coming after a Champions League last 16 victory over AS Roma on penalties in midweek, Wenger believes his buoyant players are now ready to finish the season on a high.

"The team is really up for it. We are in good shape to fight on three fronts (Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup)," said the Frenchman.

"I believe that maybe the pressure came off the team after the Roma game. We played with more freedom, our football was more fluent and our game is coming back.

"That's down to psychological reasons. We were always very focused and we are on a very consistent run now, so we can go from strength to strength.

"Would we have produced the same performance today had we gone out in midweek? It would have been very difficult.

"Players are coming back from injury now, we have Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Adebayor coming back, so we can rotate now but we can't drop off in our performances."