Norwich 0-2 Arsenal
Arsenal got its ups and downs this season. After a prefect start of the season, Arsenal slowly fall off title contention by losing big time at Liverpool, Manchester City or Chelsea. Everybody remembers Wenger’s 1000th at head of Arsenal defeating 6-0 at Chelsea.
Ramsey and Ozil who were impeccable at the beginning of the season, did not have the same impact and influence during the second half of the season. Arsenal will have a chance to win a trophy this season, that the club is waiting since 2005. They lost a couple final in the last few years. Gunners fans hope that this time the trophy will be for them. Check out the odss for FA Cup final Arsenal vs. Hull on Bodog88.com.
Arsene Wenger reacts following the game:
on Ramsey’s goal…
It was a great goal and a convincing win for us. We wanted to finish the job well and not concede. We have won 11 games away from home, I think it’s the best in the Premier League and it was our 17th clean sheet – that is remarkable as well. We just wanted to finish the season well and we did it in a serious way so it’s a good basis to prepare for the FA Cup final next Saturday.
on Jenkinson’s first goal for Arsenal…
I’m happy for him because he’s a remarkable player and boy as well. He could share that with our fans so it’s great for him.
on the goalkeeper for the final…
There is one week [away], it’s possible that Lukasz [Fabianski] plays. But I haven’t picked the team for next Saturday yet.
on Wilshere and Diaby returning…
Diaby has been out for a year and Jack [Wilshere] for eight weeks. It was good to have an opportunity to give them some competition. Training is training and competition is competition – it was important for both of them.
on Wilshere playing ahead of the England squad announcement…
The World Cup is in one month so there is plenty of time. He can play now so it shows you that there is no problem for him to be available for England.
on Oxlade-Chamberlain’s fitness…
The news is good. He should reintegrate into the squad on Wednesday in normal training.
on the Ox being available for selection for England…
He will be available for Roy [Hodgson] to pick him, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was picked.
on seeing his players going to the World Cup without much football…
If the players are not injured. Players like Oxlade-Chamberlain are not overplayed, they can absorb competition to come back and need minimal rest before they start competition next year. I’m not too worried for that. The only danger for us is if the player is not medically fit. But I trust the medical team in England if they travel. I think they have their first camp in Portugal and they will know after that.
on Man City winning the league…
At the top, everybody who wins it can say they deserve to win it. Man City were just getting over the line without the brilliance they had shown at the start of the season but they had experience, quality and congratulations to them. They came a little bit from behind because they had three games in hand at some stage. But they managed to win these games. I believe the turning point was the Everton game, when they won this game you knew now that they are over the line.
on finishing with 79 points being progress…
Yes, unfortunately it’s the first time in the Premier League that you finish fourth with 79 points and it was very tight. I believe that Liverpool can be frustrated tonight, we can be frustrated, Chelsea can be frustrated because only one team can win it. But at the top the number of points made by all the four teams is top quality.
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