Wenger: Losing the match is difficult to accept

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
29 Aug	5:15 PM	P	Manchester United (A)	1	2	Lost

Manager Arsène Wenger has admitted that it's difficult for him to accept that his team were the better side and still came away with no points.

The Gunners went ahead in the match through an Andrey Arshavin wonder goal, but a Wayne Rooney penalty and an Abou Diaby own goal saw Manchester United come from behind to win.

In the dying minutes of injury time, striker Robin van Persie thought he had equalised but it was ruled out as defender William Gallas had strayed offside.

Wenger said: "I think what is the most difficult to take is that we were the better team and we lost the game. And no matter how long you are in the game, I think if you produce the expected performance, we're in front and have a chance to score the second goal and got punished on two goals.

"It is beyond belief. So overall I would like to keep the positives of this game because I believe that we can deal well with the disappointment of losing the game today, we have a great future and we can be a real force. But of course, it's difficult to sort out tonight, but we go home without any points.

"Football is unpredictable. I believe this team we lack some confidence and maturity and experience when we were in moments where we were not under panic at all.

"We assess wrongly two situations. The first one was nobody, Rooney, was no danger to score, there was no need to panic. And on the second one as well.

"On the second own goal, there was not one player of Man United on their place, so it's lack of communication and still little bit I feel in these situations that we might be lacking a little bit of experience."

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