在第三輪的一場焦點(diǎn)戰(zhàn)中,阿森納終于頂住了賽前的所有壓力。在客場2-0力克利物浦,溫格和他的阿森納終于可以暫時緩一口氣了。
賽前,阿森納可謂背負(fù)了巨大的壓力。在賽前,他接受《太陽報》記者的采訪時表示,他很不喜歡看到范佩西進(jìn)球。記者讓教授談一談范佩西上輪比賽的絕妙進(jìn)球的感受。溫格回答:“我必須得說那是一個美妙的進(jìn)球,一個典型的范佩西式的進(jìn)球。但是這對我來說很奇怪,因?yàn)樗╁e了球衣’,為什么他要叛逃穿那件球衣?我不知道,我實(shí)在不喜歡看到這樣的場面。(I do know, but I don’t like it too much.)”
不過,在客場面對強(qiáng)敵獲勝后,溫格終于不必再面對這種問題的糾纏了。在賽后新聞發(fā)布會上,溫格首先盛贊了新援的表現(xiàn):“我對我們的比賽質(zhì)量很滿意,特別是防守。所有人都知道卡索拉不會要花6個月去適應(yīng),我替他和波多爾斯基以及吉魯感到高興。”
本場比賽,迪亞比用搶眼的發(fā)揮回報了溫格的信任,教授高度贊揚(yáng)了他的表現(xiàn):“迪亞比的回歸對我們來說太棒了,他看上去狀態(tài)非常好,我們可以從他的表現(xiàn)中得到很多。”談到另一名還在病榻上的中場威爾謝爾,溫格則表示,他復(fù)出的時間已經(jīng)臨近了:“他看上去感覺非常好,我得說再給他一個月的時間就可以(復(fù)出)了。”
對于對手利物浦,溫格依然表示了贊賞:“我們表現(xiàn)更加鎮(zhèn)靜,我們控制住了中場。但是我依然覺得利物浦是一支很棒的球隊(duì)。我對我們球隊(duì)的潛力很有信心,我們依然有很大的空間去進(jìn)步!庇忠讶速u了還那么多話說估計(jì)范配西有進(jìn)球條約,單賽季進(jìn)球超過20個曼聯(lián)還要再給50英鎊,溫格正爽著呢,又有50英鎊了
Extra time! Arsene Wenger dismisses talk of retirement, saying it is "for young people"
The Arsenal boss says he is looking forward to the rebuilding of his current squad following the departures of Alex Song and Robin van Persie
Arsene Wenger has pledged to carry on at Arsenal and -dismissed any suggestion of -retirement.
Despite the frustrations of the last 12 months, losing the likes of Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy, Cesc Fabregas, Alex Song and star striker Robin van Persie, the -Gunners boss remains defiant.
“There are still miles in my legs,” he said ahead of this -afternoon’s clash with Liverpool at Anfield. In life it is like you are going on a mission and it does not cross my mind to finish.”
And there were overtones of the philosophy of his old adversary Sir Alex Ferguson as he spoke. Sir Alex now 71 once said: -“Retirement is for young -people.”
In a similar fashion, Wenger, 62, said: “You work as long as you can.”
His current project is to entice the best from the squad he has assembled to end the seven-year drought of trophies.
“Yes, I have to rebuild but to rebuild is exciting,” said Wenger, who admitted he felt a twinge of regret when he saw Van Persie score his first goal for United since his £24million move when he struck against Fulham last Saturday.
“I would have preferred to have kept Van Persie,” Wenger said. “There are not 100 players in the world who can score 30 goals in the Premier League.
“It was a fantastic goal. The quality of the finish was tremendous. It was a strange feeling for me... he had the wrong shirt on!”
But Wenger is in doubt about the pedigree of his -current squad. “You look when the internationals start and my players will be in their country’s squads,” he said.