Silvestre: We have to put more pressure on United

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
29 Apr	7:45 PM	CL	Manchester United (A)	0	1	Lost

Defender Mikael Silvestre has called on the attacking players within Arsenal to start creating more chances against his former team.

The Gunners trail 1-0 to Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Champions League and failed to create any clear cut chances to trouble goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.

Silvestre said: "We could have conceded more goals, but to go away from Old Trafford just 1-0 down is not a bad result. It gives us more hope to qualify.

"We have to look at it in a positive way. At 1-0, we can turn the situation around, and that is what we expect to do next week.

"We had good possession, but Edwin [van der Sar] was not under as much pressure as he should have been and we have to improve on that by creating more chances at Emirates next week.

"We kept our composure, and when you see the average age of our side, it is not easy. The guys proved they have the character and hopefully we can show that again next week."

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zabulon

Posted on 2 May, 2009 at 07:57 AM - Reply

The problem also, they have to shoot from distance and avoid always getting into box, and players have especially defenders to do not leave space to Ronaldo so that he can shoot just be close to him when he gets the ball

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