Wenger ready for a fight to the finish

Last updated : 29 December 2004 By Chris Parry
Quite rightly, he stressed that we must focus on our own performances rather than those of our rivals, saying:

"We focus on our side and the way we want to play and our target is to do as well as we can until the end of the season. There's such a long time to go, so many games to play, it's too early to focus on the results of the other teams.

"I'm very confident, the desire and hunger in the team is stronger than ever. I feel it will be a tight fight until the end."

"I felt it was a big physical game. I felt we needed to be very strong. We got slowly stronger and stronger and I felt we dealt well with the set-piece situations tonight."

"I feel it'll be a tight fight until the end. We're coming back into good form and the most important thing is that you're in the right frame of mind with the right belief and the right desire. I believe we have a good chance to do it, and let the best team win it.

"The most important is that it is interesting for everybody in England and that's good for football."