Wenger: 'We had chances we didn't take'

"Theo Walcott is 21 years old - that's the age where other players start to play. He is a very young boy and he is a very intelligent player and that's why I believe he will continue to develop normally.

"He has tremendous pace and power and he is very good in front of goal. The timing of his run is good and for a striker, that's the most important."

"I have to see if Bendtner did on purpose block the central defender or not, I have to see that again, but for me, Walcott was well in front of the central defender anyway, so I don't think that influenced the goal. But we will see.

"We were lucky with the first goal just before half-time - it was certainly a blow for Newcastle, and it put us in a position where we could break much more because Newcastle had to come out, and that's basically what happened in the second half."

"We had good performances, we had chances we didn't take. In the first half Newcastle defended well, we were dangerous because we had a lot of pace. I felt Newcastle got many men behind the ball, for us it was more to be patient and wait for good counter-attacks and wait for our chances."