Toure reveals Hull worries

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
27 Sep	5:30 PM	P	Hull City (H)	1	2	Lost

Defender Kolo Touré has admitted that he was wary of facing newly-promoted Hull City. The Ivory Coast defender's fears were confirmed, the Gunners slumped to a 2-1 defeat.

Touré revealed that it was sometimes more difficult to face a team like Hull rather than Manchester United or Chelsea, simply because of the level of expectation put on the team.

But he promised Arsenal fans that the team was looking to bounce back as quickly as possible and win a trophy.

Touré said: "I was scared to play that game because sometimes people play the game before the game has started and that is a problem.

"In football there are no small teams because the Premiership is a hard competition. I know that when I play against Man United everyone is thinking 'yes it is going to be a tight game', but when you play against Hull it is much harder because everyone is expecting you to win and from the first minute they want you to score the first goal - but it is not like that.

"I don't mean the players [expected to win easily], I think people did. I know that we were focused. When I said we were scared it's because I know that there are no easy games and there is no easy training.

"If you are not focused when you play against a team of Under-17s and you think you will win easy, you will struggle. I think that's my spirit, you just need to go out there and show a great spirit on the pitch.

"We really want to do something this season because it's three seasons now without winning anything.

"We play some great football and everybody talks about us but we want to win a trophy to show the great football we play brings us some trophies. We'll work on it."

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