Arsène Wenger

We played well in the first half and had a good domination, created some chances, unfortunately couldn't take them.

I knew that in this kind of game you have to be in front because it was our third game in a week, in six days, and that you could suffer a little bit physically in the second half.

What happened?

Our cohesion was less good and we still created two, three good chances but couldn't take them.

They defended well in fairness and overall it was a very tight game in the second half.

For me, none of them was penalty because it was not deliberate handball.

The guy is close to the...

guy who takes the shot and I'm against this kind of penalties a bit too easy.

It was not necessarily expected but he has done good things when he came on.

What credit do the players deserve for the way they did?

I believe that we did the job in a serious way.

Technically, we played very well.

And overall, the only regret we had tonight, maybe we should have scored more goals, but the quality of our game was good, as it has been in recent games.

But...

We did not always make the maximum points with the quality of our games.

The team was under pressure tonight.

What difference did that early goal make, do you feel?

Certainly it helped to focus more on the way we played than on being anxious about the consequence and the result.

So I think it was important and overall I think it helped the team.

Do you think we're seeing Alexis Sanchez back to his best in an Arsenal shirt now?