I think its better keeping quiet before a game, let yr performance do the talking and then only you can talk big, which is what I'm gonna do now! While most of Man Utd players were talking about expecting a tough game, fatigue's impact, disappointment in own performance and not scoring more, their approach to the game, importance of Rio, except for Ronaldo's sulking, these are what Arsenal players had to say during pre-match:
Fabregas: How much stronger are we at home? We showed that in the Premier League, by beating them and scoring two goals.
Me: You broke down after 11 minutes at home.
Toure: Almunia had a good game and kept us in the tie so next Tuesday you will see a better Arsenal.
Me: They were almost the same as the side at Old Trafford, that held a lot of possession but didnt create chances.
Almunia: Maybe Manchester United are physically stronger than us - but in terms of desire, nobody can beat us. The Champions League is now the only trophy left open to us this season and next Tuesday we will show we are good enough to win this competition. We may be a young team but we have plenty of European experience.
Me: Good enough to win champions league? Plenty of European experience? HAHA. And one game of brilliance but concedes 2 in 11 minutes the next doesn't say much about his England credentials.
Wenger: I am very confident the team will produce a MAGNIFICENT performance and that we will manage it. We play a home game where we have a strong record in the Champions League.
Me: Magnificent? I know Man Utd produced a magnificent performance. Well, at least he's a gracious loser at the end of the game.
Eboue: We will need the fans to be behind us for 90 minutes, even for 120 minutes!
Oshea: We didn’t hear our fans for the first five minutes because Arsenal’s supporters were really up for it.Even when they got a throw-in the noise was like they’d scored a goal.
Me: 120 minutes? They didn't even get through 8 minutes!
Wenger: I know and I can understand the criticism, but I watched carefully that game [against United] and Adebayor put a lot of effort in, more than people think.
Me: It's not that he didn't want to put in effort, he was just pretty much screened out and couldn't do anything-whether first or second leg.
The best quote has to be this:
Bendtner: I am 100 per cent sure that we will pass through to the final. Of course you never feel good after a defeat but we look positive at the return game. I am confident that we will play in the final. Can we manage to score three goals? Yes, we have those qualities.
Me: Talking about math, 100%? I don't think it was even 70-80% for 11 minutes. So are you gonna play in the final in rome? Did you score 3 goals? Well, maybe you did something cool, getting past a defender with a skillful trick(whoa!) only to side-net it, which is typical of you.
Sorry to disappoint you, bendtner!
Oh and I need to quote Evra:
"It was 11 men against 11 babies. We never doubted ourselves.
We have much more experience and that's what made the difference. We were always confident. It should have been that score in the first leg anyway. It is a great United team that won.
Football today is not only about playing well, it's about winning trophies. Everybody talks about the way Arsenal play but, at the end of the day, it's about winning silverware.
At United, we play well and we win. Tactically and technically we were superior. You look at our starting 11 and theirs and you see that we are well above.
Lots of people are disappointed because they thought they would beat us like they did in the league. But the Champions League is another level."
Me: He just explains it all about Arsenal. Now I hope he don't regret making that comment about winning silverware!
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Apparently Bendtner wasn't just disappointed, he was distraught to the extent that he wanted to strip naked! He was pictured leaving a London nightclub at 4am this morning with his belt undone and jeans pulled down before being helped into a waiting car.
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