Wenger: 'I believe it was a well-deserved victory'

Last updated : 18 March 2009 By Chris Parry

"It is not offside because the ball was deflected by the fist of the goalkeeper, Djourou first, the goalkeeper after, then a foul on Gallas. We should have got two goals.

"If I asked you if their goalkeeper wasted time I'm confident that you would say yes.

"It's a great opportunity to go to Wembley and of course we want to go to the final now. We will go with full belief and it will be a very interesting game. I believe the strength is in the squad.

"I knew my team would not give up. I was always hopeful we would come back, because we had chances and hit the bar. When you see the players really going for it you keep belief.

"Hull played with a lot of commitment and played a real cup game, and they made it difficult for us. They have shown great character and great quality and in the second half I believe it was a well-deserved victory in a very frenetic and committed game.

"I thought the keeper touched the ball with his fist and that Gallas then took advantage of that. I haven't seen it yet on a replay but at the time I thought the goalkeeper deflected the ball.

"You can give offside, we can spend six months on that but I believe we had 10 good chances in the game. Now for you if it wasn't a goal you can say that. For me it was a goal. Their goalkeeper deflected the ball, have you seen that?! Then it is not offside!

"I believe from the first minute on that they tried to slow the game down. But they are not the only team that does that here."