Arsenal manager confident team are a unit
Arsene Wenger has reassured fans by claiming that his Arsenal team are now united and have overcame their disappointing start. The Gunners beat Stoke City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday and have now shot up to 7th place in the table with 13 points from 9 matches.
Results have dramatically improved for Arsenal in recent times, with their win at the Emirates on Sunday being their sixth in seven matches.
Wenger is now confident that his team is ready to progress and believe they will improve by sticking together.
“Football is difficult if you are not united,” the Frenchman said on Arsenal’s official website. “When you are not it becomes impossible.
“One strength we do have here is that we are united and we can fight against adversity. When you are at a big club you have to have the mental strength to fight against that.
Wenger added, “There are periods when people say you are much better than you are and periods when people say you are much worse than you are.”
Arsenal started the new campaign dismally, and even suffered an embarrassing 8-2 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in August, Wenger stated: “People forget that we had to go through a very difficult period with transfers.
“We had to give absolutely everything to qualify against Udinese (in Champions League play-off) and every time we paid a heavy price after that in the championship.
“I would like to show you some critics after the Newcastle game when we drew 0-0. We got slaughtered, played with 10 men, Newcastle are unbeaten and nobody talks about it.
“We were playing in a very difficult environment from the start onwards and that is not easy for players who come to this club.”
