Arsène Wenger
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I think the performance overall was good.
We had a good first half.
Second half, we didn't start as fluent in the first five, ten minutes.
And after, for 20 minutes, it looked we could score every minute, you know.
And every time something was missing...
or the final ball, or the shot, or we didn't get a penalty as well, and suddenly you won one, what's happening in the Premier League, and then I believe we had again a great response, and in the end, yes, it was a comfortable win.
Could you enjoy as manager the quality of some of those goals today?
Yes, I must say I enjoy.
I've seen a lot of football, but I still enjoy it.
To see the fact that the team plays well is the most enjoyable.
They want to do it, they want to play well together, and that's what you want.
Can the manager today take just a little bit of credit for the introduction of Giroud?
Look...
The manager has an easy credit when he has quality players on the bench.
So I believe that you do not need to be a special manager to make this kind of decision because once you've won one, you have Olivier Giroud on the bench.
I think everybody would make that decision.
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.