Wenger: I believe in this team

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
18 Dec	8:00 PM	LC	Blackburn Rovers (A)	3	2	Win

Manager Arsène Wenger has said that the belief he has in his young Arsenal team was so great, that even when they had been pegged back to 2-2 against Blackburn, he never doubted their quality to come through.

To make matters worse, Denilson was sent-off at the end of normal time, and youngster Nacer Barazite had to leave the field after suffering a dislocated shoulder.

But new signing Eduardo scored the decisive goal in injury time, ensuring that Arsenal went through to the League Cup semi-finals for the third-successive year, again against Tottenham Hotspur.

Wenger said: "I believe very strongly in this team and I am not surprised.

"I am very happy because today it was more the physical and the mental test during a big part of the game and they stood up to it.

"After we were down to 10-men it was a mental test and we found the resources to score the goal and win the tie.

"Now we want to finish the job. We got a taste of the final last year and now we are in the semi-final again so that shows that it was not a coincidence last year.

"We will have two big games now and it will cost a lot of energy."

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