Managers: Wenger slams poor defending

 

Arsene Wenger
"It was a difficult game. We had the best defence in the league and we conceded many goals today. Honestly, we could have scored at least six as well, it was a very open game. I think we made too many mistakes. Our strength until now was our defensive discipline but that went as the game went on. We were in a position where we could see the legs were tired a little bit and we had to run after the score. What hurts me more was that we had the opportunity to put Man City at nine points and now they are three points (behind). That is very different. That is a team that was not unbeatable today.
On Jack Wilshere apparently giving two fingers to the home support that could him see banned by the Football Association. "I didn't see that. I don't know if he did it. If he did it and is banned, we will have to accept it."
Manuel Pellegrini
"Today I don't think it was the best performance because Arsenal scored three goals and that is too much for the amount of chances they had. But it was a very complete game in attacking. It is not easy to score six goals against Arsenal, the best defence in the Premier League. We had at least four or five more clear chances to score goals. In that sense I am very happy but we must continue improving. We are not thinking at the moment title hopes. We have a lot more to fight with six or seven important teams. I think we must continue improving. (Sergio) Aguero has a problem in his calf. We will see tomorrow how many weeks he will be out."