Arsene Wenger: Jangan terlalu cepat menilai Arsenal ketika ini, tunggu hingga Disember

Walaupun mencatatkan keputusan positif dalam beberapa perlawanan kebelakangan ini, ianya tidak menjadi penentu kepada kebangkitan keseluruhan Arsenal, itulah yang dikatakan oleh Prof. Wenger apabila ditemuramah selepas perlawanan WBA minggu lepas.

Seminggu selepas membenam Chelsea 5-3 di gelanggang keramat mereka, Jambatan Stamford, Arsenal mencatatkan keputusan 3-0 menewaskan WBA di Stadium Emirates. Namun begitu, Prof. Wenger tidak mahu pemain dan para penyokong terlalu terbawa-bawa dengan kemenangan tersebut.

Wenger said: "I have always said 'come back in December' because, for us, the real test we knew was Chelsea. 

"After winning a big game we had to see if we could repeat that performance and then get the consistency from now on. 

"Of course we are not at the same level as we were a month ago but we still have work to do."

Arsene Wenger juga merasakan bahawa Arsenal akan bersaing untuk kejuaraan musim ini sekiranya dapat mencatat keputusan yang baik secara konsisten.


Apabila ditanyakan sekiranya Arsenal mempunyai peluang untuk merebut title EPL, Prof. Wenger membalas:

“It is too early to say that, if we win a few more games, why not? At the moment I do not think we are far enough to say that. We are only three points behind Chelsea but we need a strong period and Manchester City need a weaker period which they are not having at the moment.”

Pengurus Arsenal tersebut menyambung:

“At the moment, we are not near enough to say we are playing for the championship but we want to come back. We are back already in a position where we can aspire to be in the top four. We were not three weeks ago.”

Prof. Wenger menambah:

“Mathematically we are not out of it but you have to be closer to speak about it. We are 12 points behind Man City and that is too much. So for us, let’s be humble and progressive.”

Seperti biasa, Prof. Wenger sentiasa merendah diri dan menunjukkan kualiti moral yang tinggi. Itu antara penyebab mengapa pihak lawan juga menghormati pengurus pasukan Arsenal ini.

"We put ourselves at a big handicap with the 8-2 at Man United so we had a mountain to climb,’ added Wenger. 

"Now we are positive and not far behind other teams. That could make the difference at the end of the season."

Sebagai penyokong tegar Arsenal, memang ada benar apa yang Prof. Wenger katakan.. prestasi yang konsisten adalah penting dalam usaha jangka panjang untuk merebut semula kejuaraan EPL. Arsenal-haters kerap menggunakan isu kegagalan 6 musim tanpa piala dan sebenarnya mereka gerun dengan peningkatan Arsenal setiap musim.

Yang jelas ialah, KPTA terus menerus memberikan sokongan kepada Arsenal. Kalah atau menang.. ARSENAL IN MY SOUL!