Wenger: 'I cannot fault our fighting spirit tonight'

Last updated : 13 December 2016 By Chris

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"It was a very physical game, we faced many challenges and we lost as well some balls that we are not used to, and I think it disturbed our game. And at the end of the day I must say we were a bit unlucky to lose as well."

"We had the first chances in the second half, especially through Mesut. After that they defended very well. You have to give them credit, they played a cup game. For us the key was to not give them anything on set pieces and crosses and at the end of the day it was two defenders in their team who scored."

"They were in a position where they had nothing to lose anymore. They played a little bit scared at the start. After that they had nothing to lose and they made the game very physical and then we lost our flow.

"I think in the second half we came back in it without creating as much as we are used to. But we did fight, I cannot fault our fighting spirit tonight. We know we lost some balls we should not lose, but maybe that's down as well to the intensity of the game."