Olympiacos 'dig deep' for famous Arsenal win
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
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"Endurance and determination" were decisive in Olympiacos's unexpected win at Arsenal according to Marco Silva, Arsène Wenger pointing to a lack of concentration and luck.
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- Marco Silva joy as Olympiacos beat Arsenal – their first win in England at the 13th attempt
- Coach says, "We deserved this win because we worked a lot for it"
- Arsène Wenger admits second Group F loss is difficult to take
Arsène Wenger, Arsenal manager
It is still possible of course to qualify but it's difficult to swallow losing a game like that. We lost it on a lack of defensive concentration and bad luck. They had four shots on goal and we conceded three goals.
The turning point at 2-2 is we give them a goal again straight away. If it stays 2-2 for five minutes we win the game.
A goalkeeper can make a mistake; that doesn't explain that we lose the game. It happened to Petr Čech already this season [against West Ham].
Marco Silva, Olympiacos coach
I'm very happy with the result, because it was a very tough encounter. Olympiacos had never won on English soil and our players had to dig deep in order to believe in their chances and get what they wanted out of the game. We deserved this victory because we worked a lot in order to achieve it.
It was important for us to get the opening goal and then respond quickly after both Arsenal goals. The key factor today was our endurance. We ran a lot, we knew how to battle and how to remain determined to hold onto the result we deserved until the end.