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Arsene Wenger believes the Gunners lacked conviction in the goalless draw against Southampton, were the heroics of visiting goalkeeper Fraser Forster kept Arsenal frustrated.
The result means Arsenal have gone four Premier League games without a win, failing to score in the last three, and moves the Gunners down to fourth in the table behind North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on goal difference.
Whilst Forster was undeniable the Man of the Match at the Emirates, preventing the likes of Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud scoring, Wenger told Arsenal Player that the Gunners finishing was poor on the night.
“You expect their keeper to have a good game but I believe as well we had very poor finishing. It’s difficult to find a player in our team basically who had no chances today.”
“We came out with a 0-0, with the experience we have in our team, that’s disappointing. It’s frustrating because we put a lot of energy into a game like that. We created a lot of chances of top quality and couldn’t finish.”
“I think we have to look at ourselves and start to finish with a bit more conviction. The way we have took our chances was not good enough and that’s why we dropped two points.”
“What is terrible is that our performances are not bad. That is worrying because with the quality of the performances we had, we didn’t take the points and that’s very difficult for the players to take as well.”
“We put the energy in, we create chances but at the end of the day we come away with no goals. It’s very disappointing. The team is strong. We have shown, I believe, a great performance tonight, especially in the second half, but we couldn’t finish the game off. We have to look at ourselves and not be satisfied with that.”
Arsenal now have to prepare for a mammoth two weeks in the Premier League title race, with the Gunners travelling to play Bournemouth this weekend whilst top-two Leicester City and Manchester City clash on Saturday lunchtime.
The Gunners trip to the South Coast is followed by the hosting of current leaders Leicester, with Arsenal one of just two sides to beat the Foxes in the league this season, whilst another huge tie on that weekend sees Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur clash.
