On the result...
"We are disappointed because it was a dull,
scrappy game with no spark. Everton were going for the long ball
and overall we controlled them very well but they had a little more
power in the final third. It is difficult to take losing a game
like this but we have to cope with it. We are a little bit jaded at
the moment."
On missed opportunities...
"We had plenty of opportunities we did not use
because the final ball was too late or not accurate enough. But we
battled hard and the spirit was excellent but we did not create
enough."
On accusations of lacking a cutting edge...
"It is very frustrating because you feel there
is potential in there. We feel we make the minimum at the moment.
This month has been very hard for us. We lost at Blackburn in the
last minutes, we lost here in the last minutes and went out against
Eindhoven in the last minutes. That means we miss maturity in
dealing with that."
On the need to buy a goalscorer...
"No, we have plenty of goalscorers out. Henry,
Van Persie and Adebayor are injured. At the moment we are a bit
short on that front but they will all be back next
season."
On feeling sorry for themselves...
"We are not guaranteed to be in the top four
and we want to be in there. We have a very difficult
programme."
Copyright 2013 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source 18 Mar 2007
