on the result...
"It was very frustrating because the crowd was
very good and we were not good. The support of the
crowd was always behind the team and wanted to push us. They
defended well and I felt that it looked too easy and we lost
concentration on the set-piece. And when you do that you're
punished and that's what happened today. After that it was
close many times but we didn't create enough overall. We were
not sharp enough to do it and because they defended well and
it's as simple as that."
on bringing in new faces...
"I don't look for anybody and I feel that
last excuse to find when you don't win a game - with a
team who has won so many games since the start of the season
- is to say 'let's go out and buy'. It's a little
bit too easy and it's not a way I want to go."
on O'Connor's goal...
"I don't believe that Senderos was caught
in the set-piece, there were two or three other players involved
who didn't jump for the ball and that's why we got
punished. "
on the title race...
"I feel the situation is so tight up front,
every game is important, you know? It's very difficult to say
what months will be crucial. The only thing I know, today we lost
two points we should not have lost and I'm confident that the
team will refocus, because they are really disappointed. We need
sharply to refocus because that kind of focus we have shown today
is not sufficient. "
on Walcott standing in for Rosicky...
"I wouldn't like to criticise any
individual performance today, I feel we had so many good games, he
played his third game of the week. He was planned to be rested
today but Rosicky got sick last night. So he, I feel, physically
suffered a little bit."
