Vermaelen: Scoring goals is not my priority
Whilst helping the team to score goals is great, defender Thomas Vermalen says that hitting the back of the net is not his priority.
The Belgian international instead prefers to help keep the ball from finding the back of the Arsenal goal.
But the former Ajax captain, signed last summer for an undisclosed sum, scored a respetable eight goals in his first season with the club.
Vermaelen, fondly known as 'The Verminator', thinks that there is now an expectation from the fans for him to match or better that tally.
Speaking to Arsenal TV Online, Vermalen said: "I know the fans are expecting goals from me and I hope I can score some this year but for me it is not the most important thing.
"It sounds silly but as a defender you are happier after a 6-0 win with the clean sheet than if you have scored one goal but you concede two.
"Maybe for some people they are not happy to hear that but for me the most important thing is to defend and to defend as a team as well, and then we will get further as a team.
"If we defend first then we can win games. After that we will see."
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I know the fans are expecting goals from me and I hope I can score some this year but for me it is not the most important thing.
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