Arsenal can still win title Aston Villa cannot says Arsene Wenger

24 December 2008 17:46
Aston Villa v Arsenal Kick-off: Today, 5.15pmTV: SkySports 1 [LNB]Arsenal have won only two of their last six League games and are without the suspended Emmanuel Adebayor and the injured Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Tomas Rosicky and Eduardo. [LNB]But Wenger is adamant Arsenal can still be successful and that Martin O'Neill's improving team, despite their impressive recent run of four wins and two draws from six matches, do not have the experience and strength to survive a realistic challenge. [LNB]"I believe that we can still win the League because no one has impressed me more," he said. [LNB]"We haven't come out of a game and said, 'Listen, they are untouchable this year.' That happens some times but nobody looks to be untouchable. [LNB]"The team with the biggest potential is Manchester United and it will depend how they come back into it [after Japan] and whether they drop points as well. [LNB]"Villa are a threat to the top four but if you ask me if they can win the title, I say no. Some teams have bigger squads with more potential creativity, and in the longer term that has an input. [LNB]" Look at the offensive potential of United: they have Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Ryan Giggs, Anderson. [LNB]"When you go into March and April and you have two or three players out, they still have players to come in at the top level."[LNB]Villa won 2-0 at the Emirates last month, when they dominated for long periods. "I don't know if Martin O'Neill will build a winning team," questioned Wenger. [LNB] "Why not? But the competition is very high when you have Man United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. [LNB]"Villa are a team who play mainly on the breaks because if you look at the passing of them compared to the other teams in the top four they go more for defending well and go quickly on the break. [LNB]"So we have to try to dominate the game and stop them getting at us on the break because they have done that very well already, at the Emirates."[LNB]Wenger has Kolo Toure and Nicklas Bendtner available after recovering from injuries. [LNB]"I am positive; I believe we can show that in the next two or three weeks. Of course we will miss a quality player like Fabregas but we are still strong enough to compensate and find a different way to be efficient. [LNB]"Of course the eye of Cesc will be missed but we have to work harder, defend better and find a way to be efficient in a different way. We will go over there to win and I am confident we have the potential to do it."[LNB]Top spots warning[LNB]Arsene Wenger has insisted that there could be a time when Arsenal fail to finish in the top four, even though they have qualified for the past 10 Champions Leagues.[LNB] He said: 'You have to accept that nothing is guaranteed. Only because we achieve it every year do people think it is guaranteed for us. It is not guaranteed; it is down to our performances.'[LNB]

Source: Telegraph