The Frenchman believes the loss to Chelsea was
the result of errors made by his players at key
moments, but insists they will respond against
Liverpool
Arsene Wenger was left to rue defensive errors from his
Arsenal side as they crashed out of the Capital One Cup
at home to London rivals Chelsea .
Wenger has now failed to beat a Blues side managed by
Jose Mourinho in nine attempts after a 2-0 defeat at the
Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
Cesar Azpilicueta scored his first goal for Chelsea and
Juan Mata got off the mark for the season as
Mourinho's charges secured a deserved win to move
into the last eight.
Azpilicueta's opener came as a result of a mistake from
right-back Carl Jenkinson, who failed to get enough on
an attempted header back to Lukasz Fabianski that
allowed the Spanish full-back to nip in apply the finish.
Wenger made eight changes to the side that beat
Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday
and, although Mourinho made 10 alternations to his
starting line-up, Chelsea were still able to field an
experienced side.
The Arsenal boss felt his team paid the price for being
naive, but backed his players to put their cup exit
behind them when they face Livepool in the Premier
League on Saturday.
Wenger said: "I think it was a very tight game that was
decided by one or two mistakes.
"We were a bit naive in some situations. We gave them
a chance to counter-attack when we went 1-0 down
and we didn't create many chances ourselves.
"We have to respond well against Liverpool on Saturday
because we are in a strong position in the league
"Let's not go too quickly to conclusions because we
have taken more points than anybody since January."
the result of errors made by his players at key
moments, but insists they will respond against
Liverpool
Arsene Wenger was left to rue defensive errors from his
Arsenal side as they crashed out of the Capital One Cup
at home to London rivals Chelsea .
Wenger has now failed to beat a Blues side managed by
Jose Mourinho in nine attempts after a 2-0 defeat at the
Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.
Cesar Azpilicueta scored his first goal for Chelsea and
Juan Mata got off the mark for the season as
Mourinho's charges secured a deserved win to move
into the last eight.
Azpilicueta's opener came as a result of a mistake from
right-back Carl Jenkinson, who failed to get enough on
an attempted header back to Lukasz Fabianski that
allowed the Spanish full-back to nip in apply the finish.
Wenger made eight changes to the side that beat
Crystal Palace 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday
and, although Mourinho made 10 alternations to his
starting line-up, Chelsea were still able to field an
experienced side.
The Arsenal boss felt his team paid the price for being
naive, but backed his players to put their cup exit
behind them when they face Livepool in the Premier
League on Saturday.
Wenger said: "I think it was a very tight game that was
decided by one or two mistakes.
"We were a bit naive in some situations. We gave them
a chance to counter-attack when we went 1-0 down
and we didn't create many chances ourselves.
"We have to respond well against Liverpool on Saturday
because we are in a strong position in the league
"Let's not go too quickly to conclusions because we
have taken more points than anybody since January."
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