Wenger: “We need something special”

By Brian Lofrumento | 1st February 2010

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted that his Gunners side need something special in order to stay in this season’s title race after suffering a crushing 3-1 defeat at the hands of rivals Manchester United on Sunday. The Red Devils embarrassed Arsenal for the second straight time at the Emirates after their convincing Champions League victory there last season, and Wenger admits his side were “well beaten.”

“It is a massive blow and a massive disappointment,” he said, “We need something special now to stay in the race, of course. I am conscious of that. But we have to recover, that is part of top-level football.

“It is difficult to take, but easy to explain because we were poor offensively and defensively. We delivered an off-the-mark performance completely and that is why we were well beaten.

“We gave them always too much room, we were naive. They were better than us for two reasons: one, they played well and two, we were not at our level.

“Why? It is too early to analyze that. I believe there are some mental reasons in there, but it is difficult to say. Now, we have to stick together, recover and produce a much better performance next Sunday.”

Arsenal’s difficult schedule continues on Sunday when they take on league leaders Chelsea, but a win would go a long way towards pulling the young Gunners back into the race for their fourth Premiership crown.