Wenger: 'It is too early in the season, but I have belief'

Last updated : 31 October 2010 By Chris Parry

"When you win with two minutes to go, it is always a relief. We needed to be patient, intelligent and not to make a mistake at the back against a team who had a strong spirit and were well organised.

"We did not do anything stupid, kept trying to be intelligent and that got us the goal.

"I was thinking it was one of those days when the ball went onto the post and came back into the goalkeeper's hands, that is not a good sign, but we kept going and out of this game we have once again shown a great attitude."

"We have matured, you see that in the game the way we handle it when it does not work for us, the players remain calmer than before. We have a good chance for the title yes, but we want to show consistency first. We go step by step and we still need to step up a gear to completely achieve that."

"But on the other hand you feel there is more to come out from this team, we have good potential on bench today and some players to come back. If we can keep a good injury record then we have a chance."

"It is too early in the season, but I have belief.

"We need to show from game to game we can handle every single game with a different aspect which the Premier League has - today we played against the team bottom of the league and it was a real battle. We have to show can compete like that in every game."