The Arsenal gaffer has praised his team for their resolve after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Soton on Saturday. He also atteted to the fact that the peanalty awarded by the referee was the right call lauding the referee for not bowing down under pressure.
Referee Bobby Madley pointed to the spot deep into stoppage time when Jose Fonte tripped Olivier Giroud, and Santi Cazorla scored the resultant spot-kick to give Arsenal the victory.
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Wenger told Sky Sports; “It is a relief, because we missed many chances and they had one or two opportunities having thrown everything forward. Honestly, everyone is telling me it was a penalty, but I’ve not yet seen it again."
“There was a long delay before Cazorla took the penalty, he did very well to score because he felt a heavy mental weight for the team. He played very well, because he helped us get back into the game after we started not fluent and not pacey. I also give Laurent Koscielny a lot of credit. He came back from Russia on Thursday and today he scored when we were 1-0 down. Fantastic.”
Meanwhile Cazorla admitted he is not sure about the call, but was happy to take advantage.
“I had a lot of time to think about where to shoot my penalty, but I kept calm,” the Spaniard said.
“I thought if I shot down the middle the keeper might go to one side. I have no idea if it was a foul.”
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