Silvestre: We stopped playing after going 2-0 up

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
17 Apr	3:00 PM	P	Wigan Athletic (A)	2	3	Lost

Mikael Silvestre has criticised his team mates, stating that they were complacent after going 2-0 up against Wigan Athletic at the weekend.

We crumbled to an embarrassing 3-2 defeat after allowing Wigan to work themselves back in the game, which is especially woeful as they had only managed to score 30 times in the league all season prior to Sunday.

The Frenchman also admitted that there was a failure to control the game by his team mates, perhaps thinking that the match had already been won, an admission which demonstrates a surprising lack of professionalism from Arsenal.

Silvestre said: "We will analyse what happened, but energy-wise we can give a lot more in the last 20 minutes. Instead of a response, we just let them do it.

"I do not understand why we did not control the game in a better way. Normally we can play our football and develop attacks, but after we went 2-0 up, we stopped playing and working hard.

"You cannot rest on what you have been doing in the past. Every time you have to prove yourself and that you are the best team.

"We have to respect the club and the fans who travelled to Wigan and show them we can respond in the best way possible, which is a win against Manchester City.

"We need to get back to winning ways, back to happy days, but it won't come performing like that. We have to work harder."

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