 01.02.2010 Arsenal 1:3 Manchester United
This defeat is making it more difficult for Arsenal to get into first place of the Championship of England. Andrey Arshavin has spent an entire game on the pitch again. He was active. Our forward participated in almost every gunners’ attack. Unfortunately, this was not enough for a draw. Football is a team game, and when one of the partners falls out of it, it cannot but affect the result. Unfortunately, some Arsenal players looked lost on the pitch or perhaps "burned out"? Chelsea match is ahead, let’s wait and see what kind of conclusions Arsene Wenger will make after a series of unsuccessful games.
arshavin.eu: What were the main reasons for the defeat in this game?
AA: Manchester United was good at controlling mid-field; they managed to make several quick transitions from defense to attack. They managed to score three times. They outplayed us at Emirates.
What else? I think that was a very good match for Nani ...
arshavin.eu: On the other hand, one can say that Arsenal was extremely unlucky in this game.
AA: Maybe another day, another match something would have flown into the rivals’ gate. Today, this has not happened – our competitor was stronger than us. Although we tried to fight back, not to despair. We managed to score once, tried to save the game.
arshavin.eu: You‘ve made several solo passages; two of them were almost alike. Which of them was closer to the goal?
AA: The second time, when the ball flew quite close to the goalpost.
arshavin.eu: You’ve lost points in the match with one of your direct competitors in the fight for gold. What kind of thoughts come to you after such games?
AA: It’s getting even harder to believe that we can win first place after such defeats.
arshavin.eu: In one of the interviews to our website, you said that you can evaluate Arsenal chances to win the EPL only on 10 February.
AA: Yes. Then I said that I would divide the games with Aston Villa, Man United, Chelsea and Liverpool into two parts. The first part has been held.
There are still two more games, I hope, we will conduct them better.
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