温格给球迷的来信
Dear Supporter,
I believe we played with quality and spirit at Old Trafford on Sunday and were unlucky to lose the game.
I never felt under pressure from Manchester United and I believe defensively we played quite well. We lost on a penalty - that you can give or not give but we are used to that now - and on a free-kick when Gilberto did not touch their player. I believe these two decisions made a big difference. We have to take it but overall I am proud of my team.
There was very little between success and failure this season. We have to accept that we will not win the title and that is hard to swallow. But we do not feel that there is a difference technically and collectively between us and Chelsea and Manchester United.
We have to continue to produce the football we produce because we will not always be unlucky. We played well at Liverpool and again on Sunday. With all the bad things that have gone against us we needed to be exceptionally strong to produce a performance like we did against United.
I am confident about our future because we have the quality and we are young. I have worked with this team for a long time now and people don't know what that means.
For example Alex Song played on Sunday. It is two years ago since I bought him and he played in a massive game against Manchester United and showed that he has exceptional quality. He was not like that two years ago. We want to be rewarded for the quality we have.
It's true that our confidence has dropped recently. In the last two months we have gone through a difficult period. You cannot fault our spirit because that has been exceptional, but when you get knock after knock it is difficult to take.
Thanks for your support.
Arsène Wenger
亲爱的阿森纳球迷:
我相信上周在老特拉福德球场对曼联的比赛,我们赛出了积极的风格品质和精神,但是,不幸的是,我们输了这场比赛。
在面对曼联的时候,我从未感到压力我也相信我们的防守发挥的相当不错。我们丢了一个可判罚也可不判罚的点球,但是这又有什么关系呢?我们早就习惯了这样的判罚;关于那个任意球,吉尔伯托根本就没有碰到他们的球员,但是裁判判罚了我们任意球!我相信这两项决定对整个比赛造成了巨大的影响。但是所有的这些我们都必须要勇敢的去面对,同时我也对拥有这样一支优秀的球队感到自豪。
这个赛季我们承受了巨大的失败但也收获了更大的成功。我们必须接受这个一无所获的赛季,尽管这是难以下咽。不过,就技术和整体而言,我们和切尔西,曼联没有什么分别。
我们将一如既往的踢出我们自己的风格,因为我们不相信会一直都倒霉。上上周日对利物浦一战,我们打得非常好。但是事与愿违,与所有坏的事情都该我们来承受。
我对将来充满信心,因为我们有质量,因为我们年轻。我与这个团队在相当长的时间,这到底意味着什么很多人是不知道的。
拿亚历山大宋在周日的表现来说。两年前我下了他,在高质量的比赛中,比如对曼联,他表明他有特殊的才能,他已和以前不一样了,有了很大的进步。我们希望得到与我们所踢出的美丽足球高质量足球同等的回报。
这是真的,最近我们的信心已跌至最近的。我们已经渡过两个月的了困难时期。你不能诋毁我们的精神,因为是非常的特殊,但是当你得到击倒后的连锁反应是很难走。
谢谢您的支持