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Ambitious Arsenal are in Premier League title fight – Arsene Wenger
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- November 1, 2015
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his side will remain in contention for the Premier League title if they play as they did in the second half of Saturday’s win at Swansea.
The Gunners secured a fifth straight league success by winning 3-0 at the Liberty Stadium — but only after a goalless first half in which the Swans were the better team.
Bafetimbi Gomis wasted a great opening after being put clean through, while Swansea could have had a penalty when Per Mertesacker moved his hand to block Gylfi Sigurdsson’s free-kick.
But Arsenal were a different proposition after the break and goals from Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Joel Campbell saw them keep pace with leaders Manchester City and open up a three-point advantage on third place.
“We are very ambitious, very hungry as well, and if we play like that we will be in the fight,” Wenger told Sky Sports.
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“In the first half it was difficult, but in the second half we upped our purpose and tempo and had pace in our combinations.
“Once we scored the first goal, we were the dominant team.”
Giroud’s header four minutes after the restart was the 2,000th goal of Wenger’s 19-year reign, but the Arsenal manager was more concerned with points than landmarks.
“I am proud of scoring goals because people like to come to see football to see people try to play,” he said.
“But the most important thing, of course, was the three points — and we have made a little difference with some teams.
“Let’s focus on the quality of our game and keep a good balance between hunger, humility and confidence.
“It’s a very big week for us as we go to Bayern now [in the Champions League] and then we play Tottenham at home, but we have some very strong results behind us.”
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