Wenger urges focus. Confused by
fixture list in Champions League, Manager, Premier League.
Arsene Wenger says Arsenal should
continue focusing on their own results and not worry about the form of rivals despite Manchester United slipping 12 points behind the Gunners after last night’s fixtures.
Quizzed on whether the reigning
champions were now out of the title race, the boss refused to rule out the possibility of David Moyes’ squad bouncing back although he was quick to stress his side’s heavy fixture list means all eyes should be trained on their own upcoming games.
“No [I won't rule them out of the title race],” the boss told press after last night’s 2-0 win over Hull City.
“It’s still early. It is a surprising defeat [to Everton] but it is still early. We have seen that before, 12 points, only on us.
“We have just to keep winning to have a chance, and not worry too much about the others.”
The Gunners now face three games in six days starting on Sunday against Everton before tough trips to Napoli on Wednesday and Manchester City on Saturday.
Confused by the scheduling, given Arsenal subsequently face a nine day break between the visit to the Etihad and the home game with Chelsea on 23 December, the boss hinted that things could have been better coordinated.
“We play Everton on Sunday, there is little distance between Everton and [the Napoli game]. We play Wednesday night in Naples and Saturday morning at Man City,
so for us it is a very, very heavy schedule.
“It’s not fair or unfair, it is just no co- ordination between the television choices because you would say that we could have played on Saturday against Everton
and we could play Sunday or Monday against Man City.
“It looks strange that we play Saturday morning and our next game after that is Monday night against Chelsea nine days later. Especially when there is little time
between a decisive Champions League game on Wednesday night and Saturday 12.45pm.”
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