Wenger maintains title hopes
06 Apr 2008 - 11:17:58
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger refused to accept that his side's hopes of winning the Premier League title had come to an end after a 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool.
The result left the Gunners five points adrift of leaders Manchester United, having played a game more than the Red Devils.
However a defiant Wenger said: "In my brain it is not over, because it is not over mathematically. It depends on the results of the other teams. I said we would need at least five wins and a draw.
"It is frustrating again because I feel we had a blatant penalty again for a foul on Cesc Fabregas, which was not given. You can see it well on television, it is 100 per cent conclusive.
"It was a bit of repetition of Wednesday night. We had problems starting the game and then got into the game after 30 minutes.
"Then just before half-time they got the goal and then they defended for every ball in their half and you needed to get back to score a second goal, which was possible.
"We had to throw everything forward and left ourselves open a little on counter-attacks. That was the game basically.
"When you don't win the game, you are looking for what could have been different.
"Our season has not been disastrous anyway, because people expected us to be between 10th and 12th at the beginning of the season, so we are beyond expectation."
