Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed that he will use his strongest team tomorrow afternoon against Manchester United in the F.A. Cup.
Speaking in his pre-match press conference, the Frenchman started by explaining that the players are disappointed for crashing out of the Champions League but also that they are now ready to shift their focus on their two remaining targets, starting tomorrow in the the F.A. Cup and then of course the English Premier League.
Full of praise for his side after the two games against Barcelona, the Arsenal boss was very determined when asked if he will use his strongest team tomorrow as he again insisted that the Club’s objective this season is to go as far as possible in all competitions.
According to Wenger, Arsenal were unlucky to lose the League Cup Final in the last minute of the game and to face the favourites in Europe’s most prestigious competition as he described last Tuesday’s exit as one coming “under suspicious circumstances”.
On Thursday, he said:
We are disappointed [after the Champions League exit] but we want to focus on our next targets, we have big targets in front of us and part of our job is to deal with that kind of problems.
People said we had no shots on goal in the second game but we had more than Barcelona in the first game and we would have had shots on goal had he stayed 11 against 11. Overall the players can gain a lot of confidence because the attitude and quality showed in the two games was outstanding in different departments, offensively and defensively.
Yes, [I will play my strongest side against Manchester United]. We will try to win [because] as I said at the start of the season we want to go for all competitions and we have two left, we lost one in the last minute, we played against certainly the super favourites of the Champions League and lost under suspicious circumstances so we want to keep the right attitude to turn the luck on our side.
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