Wenger: 'You have to stand up and show you have the mental strength'

Last updated : 11 April 2011 By Chris Parry

"Today was only three points and it could help us to keep a chance. We have promised ourselves to give everything until the end of the season.

"There are still seven games. It is a long time - there are many games."

"You go through a period of grief and of denial first and then you have to stand up and show you have the mental strength to respond. The team has done that remarkably well."

That is what you get with Blackpool and a team fighting relegation. I knew at 2-0 they would not give up.

"We missed some chances in the first half and at 2-1 we had a little nervy period but at 3-1 we killed the game.

"They had given a lot but from then it was quite comfortable."