Wolves boss Mick McCarthy vows to attack in-form Arsenal

06 November 2009 20:05
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has vowed he'll be brave and attackArsenal after taking a Champions League lesson in how not to playArsene Wenger's free scoring team.[LNB] Arsenal were in scintillating form on Wednesday night as theythrashed Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar 4-1 at the Emirates and McCarthyhas promised his team won't fall into the same defensive trap.[LNB] Impressive: Arsenal's Abou Diaby scores against AZ Alkmaar[LNB] The former Republic of Ireland manager said: 'I won't be sat down after the match complaining that we didn't have a go at them.[LNB] 'I won't be sat with a beer in my hand thinking we just let them roll us over and tickle our belly.[LNB] 'I watched AZ Alkmaar and they got slapped completely when playing one up front, sitting back. They got played through, round, over, they just got mullered completely. We will try to play on the front foot.'[LNB] And McCarthy, who has seen his team gradually improve as the season has progressed, refuses to go into the game with a negative attitude. [LNB]Arsenal are not going to win every game this season. They are going to lose some. It just might be the case against us.[LNB] 'They have lost to some of the "lesser" teams and they have sometimes murdered them as well. It is not written in stone under Premier League rules that Wolves can't get anything off Arsenal.[LNB] 'It is a fabulous game for us, a brilliant game to have. I'd sooner they are coming here rather then Doncaster, Nottingham Forest, Barnsley, Derby, Middlesbrough, Plymouth, QPR et al. Any of them.[LNB] 'I prefer Arsenal to be coming here and I'm going to enjoy the game.'[LNB] Chris Iwelumo has been ruled out after suffering a recurrence of a metatarsal problem but Svlyan Ebanks-Blake will start. [LNB] [LNB]  Explore more:People:Mick McCarthyPlaces:Republic of Ireland

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