- Aug 25, 2011
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So Arsenal are a better team than Atletico 11 vs 11 but when they have a man more they're not?? It doesn't explain how your team are completely incapable of seeing out a 1-0 lead though, even with a man advantage.Arsene Wenger admitted that Arsenal missed enough chances to have already reached the Europa League final and claimed that his players did not benefit from playing for more than 80 minutes against only 10 Atletico Madrid players
The 10th minute dismissal of Sime Vrsaljko helped Arsenal dominate the match but, even with 76 per cent of possession and 28 shots, this first leg ended with what Wenger called the “worst possible result” in the context of his team’s chances.
“The result is not in line with the performance,” he said. “Once they went down to 10 men it destroyed a bit the flow of the game and it was not to our advantage. You come out with a bitter taste because we had the chances to be in the final tonight.
Wenger is the ultimate excuse merchant isn't he? If Poch was coming out with crap like this I'd despair.