Wenger: 'Wilshere is a complete player'

Last updated : 17 October 2010 By Chris Parry

"He mistimed his tackled and got a red card, which he deserved. Jack has acknowledged he deserved it, but he did not spend his whole game trying to kick people, he was one of the best players on the pitch. It was more of frustration and did not want to hurt the player, but we do not complain about the red card."

"Wilshere is a complete player. He played defensively well, offensively well, and overall he had a very influential game.

"We are the team who has the most fouls committed against them, and I encourage our players to play football. We got a red card and deserved it. What can we do about it now? Nothing else.

"Wilshere will be suspended for three games and will be punished. I have spoken with him about it already. He said he mistimed his tackle, touched Zigic on the ankle and deserved a red card."

"Victory was imperative. We were backs to the wall in the championship, where we were in a position where we really had to win, and when we went 1-0 down, we made it even more difficult. We played with nerves, and you could see our fluency was affected by the fact we had not won for two games.

"We played a bit with the hand brake in the final third, especially when we were 2-1 up. It was never comfortable today, you could see and feel that in the way we played."