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"We lost and that is difficult to swallow. But there are a lot of positives in the game for us. We are not completely fit yet to finish what we create and we lack a little bit of experience in the back. There is a lot of disappointment in the dressing room because we want to do well and have a great spirit but I hope this will not affect our belief and our confidence. We will quickly start to win these sorts of games but we are not quite ready physically at the moment."

on the fitness of his side
"After the World Cup we knew we could suffer at the start of the season, especially with the Champions League qualifier. We have had a disappointing start also there was a lot of hope in the way that we play and we approach the game. We have to push that through and be strong enough mentally to continue with the way that we play and be clinical."

on not creating chances despite so much possession
"Yes we lack that a little bit at the moment. When you are as not as sharp as you should be that is where you see it the most. You could say that we overelaborated a little bit. Sometimes we could take our chances earlier and quicker. That was the case against Villa and Zagreb. It happens when you do not score early. But we know we have the quality to score goals."

on losing ground on the leaders
"It is very early. If you want to nominate a champion after three games then it is up to you but we have only played two. We will come back into the race don’t worry."

on the Ashley Cole situation
"This situation does not affect our preparation and our spirit. At a big club you have to be strong enough to cope with that. If it happens then it happens, it does not excuse our result today. It is not annoying. When a player wants to go, he wants to go. When we decide to let him go then we decide to let him go. We will have to live with that decision."

on City targetting Hoyte
"They went for long balls to Corradi and Sinclair. They targeted him but overall Justin had a good game. He had two misjudgements on long balls but he had quite a good game."

on the penalty decision
"I feel it was a penalty, I cannot argue with that. Just before that it was a foul on Fabregas I don’t think you can argue with that. Also there was a penalty on Robin van Persie. I have seen it on the tape and it is difficult to argue with that too."

[Source from; arsenal.com]

Name; Francesc Fabregas
Born; May 04, 1987, Vilessoc de Mar, Casal de Curacion, Spain
Position; Midfielder
Squad Number; 4
Previous Club(s); Barcelona
Joined Arsenal; September 11, 2003
Arsenal Debut; Rotherham United (h), Carling Cup 3rd Round, October 28, 2003, Drew 1-1. Won on pens

Cesc has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past two seasons and is now one of Arsenal's greatest assets - at the tender age of 19.

After a promising breakthrough season at Highbury, Cesc Fabregas stepped into the void left by Patrick Vieira's departure last summer and was a revelation in the centre of midfield. Technically excellent, Cesc rarely wastes a pass and dictates the pace and rhythm of Arsenal's attacks as he probes for openings and picks out the runs of Thierry Henry and company.

Cesc is not just a creator though. He scored five times last season, including the goal which broke the deadlock on the night Juventus were humbled at Highbury and the young Catalan eclipsed his former team-mate, Vieira.

The teenager was rewarded for his outstanding displays with a call-up to the Spanish national side. He kept his place for the World Cup and emerged with his reputation enhanced after coming off the bench to inspire a comeback victory against Tunisia in the group stage.

Fabregas became the Club's youngest football player and youngest goalscorer shortly after joining the Gunners in 2004. On the evidence of last season, Arsenal's 'Fab 4' will be an influential figure at Emirates Stadium for years to come.

[Source from; www.arsenal.com]

Arsenal Football Culb have the best football player in Premier League Football Club (The Best England Football Club)

STRIKER

THIERRY HENRY(14), JOSE REYES(9), ROBIN VAN PERSIE(11), EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR(25), JEREMIE ALIADIERE(30), THEO WALCOTT(32)

MIDFIELDER

FREDRIK LJUNGBERG(8), GILBERTO (19), CESC FABREGAS(4), TOMAS ROSICKY(7), ALEXANDER HLEB(13), MATHIEU FLAMINI(16), ALEXANDRE SONG(17), VASIRIKI ABOU DIABY(2)

DEFENDER

ASHLEY COLE(3), KOLO TOURE(5), LAUREN(12), GAEL CLICHY(22), PHILIPPE SENDEROS(6), PASCAL CYGAN(18), JUSTIN HOYTE(31), EMMANUEL EBOUE(27), JOHAN DJOUROU(20)

GOALKEEPER

JENS LEHMANN(1), MANUEL ALMUNIA(24), MART POOM(21)

Arsenal captain Thierry Henry signed a new four-year contract on Friday, pledging his future to the north London club just two days after they lost the Champions League final to Barcelona.
"At one point the thought (of leaving) crossed my mind. My heart told me to stay," the 28-year-old France international, who had been linked with a move to the Spanish champions, told a news conference.

One of the most coveted strikers in the world, Henry has kept Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and fans on tenterhooks for months by postponing his decision until after the season's end. "The club, the fans - I couldn't let them down. The love that the fans showed me was more than amazing," he said.

The best striker in the world, according to Wenger, Henry joined Arsenal from Juventus in 1999. He is Arsenal's all-time leading scorer and has been the Premier League's top scorer in four of the past five seasons. Last season he scored 27 league goals to ensure Arsenal play in the Champions League next season by finishing fourth.
He will now also lead the club out at their new 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium after they ended a 93-year association with Highbury. The brave Arsenal performance in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat by Barcelona in Paris, when they played most of the match with 10 men after goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was sent off, was instrumental in helping make up Henry's mind.

"I wanted to get into the Champions League final. Once that was done I was pretty quick to make up my mind," said Henry, who has an English wife. "There is a lot of potential here."
Team's Heart "My team showed me I didn't have to leave. They showed me they had heart," he told Friday's edition of The Sun newspaper.

"Everything was up in the air for a very long time. But at the end of the day, the team raised their game.
"Don't get me wrong, I love Barcelona. But on Wednesday night, Arsenal showed me they had heart.
"After we lost on Wednesday, I went over to our fans and clapped them and they clapped me."
Wenger, who coached Henry at his first club, Monaco, made him captain after Patrick Vieira left for Juventus in the 2005 close season.

"I cannot think of a single player in the Premiership who is more exhilarating, dynamic and exciting to watch than him," Wenger said last week.
"He is a wonderful athlete who not only decides crucial games with outstanding individual skill, he is also paramount to team play ... at times, I believe he is close to being the perfect footballer."

Henry was named the English Football Writers' player of the year last month, the only man to claim the award three times. Arsenal have won two league titles and three FA Cups with Henry.
[Source from : xtramsn.co.nz]