on whether he feels hard done by...
"Yes because if you look at what Blackburn
created over two games it is difficult for us to go out. We were
punished because we did not take our chances over the two games and
Blackburn took nearly the only chance they had in 180 minutes. When
you lose there is always a lesson but I don't think Blackburn
didn't create anything on purpose."
on the Ljungberg and Aliadiere penalty appeals...
"They were quite reasonable ones. In the first
game there was already one, a 100 per cent one. We shouldn't be
here tonight because we should have had a penalty in the first
game."
on his stretched resources...
"We are of course a bit short, when you look at
the bench we have it is very very young. We lost players through
injury and we lost players through suspensions. I feel the team had
a decent performance tonight."
on why he moved Senderos to right back...
"We lost Djourou in training, we lost Eboue, we
have no Hoyte. It was very difficult. Traore is left-footed and has
hamstring problems so I had no choice."
on the penalty decisions which have gone against
Arsenal...
"Well, we could make a good tape from the
beginning of the season. If it is us or somebody else, if it is a
penalty it is a penalty. I don't complain about that. I can
give you plenty of games where we had bad luck. But you want the
right decision to be made whether it is for Blackburn or
Arsenal."
5/1 - Arsenal v Reading: Julio Baptista to score the first goal
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