Clichy: Arsenal must be careful what you wish for

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Instead, Arsenal twice had to come from behind to avoid a third successive Premier League defeat.

With two outstanding games to play, Iwobi who was a second half substitute in that 2-2 draw is confident that Arsenal can still finish in top four.

"You could see we started very nervously and under pressure, and you can see that it had a big impact on our fluency", Wenger told Sky Sports. We have played 20 games unbeaten this season, and I think it's a good opportunity to remind people we are not fighting to not go down - we are fighting to have a positive end to the season.

But the manager said that the support he saw during Sunday's 2-2 draw with Manchester City was enough to convince him that the fans are still able to give the team the support it needs.

'We also have an FA Cup semi-final. We had plenty of attacking players on the pitch. We suffered a lot in the first half because we did not make those passes together.

They fell behind in the fifth minute when Sane rounded keeper David Ospina and finished elegantly after Arsenal's defence was dissected by a sublime through-ball from the excellent Kevin De Bruyne for his 13th assist of the season.

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Arsenal equalised through Theo Walcott, before Shkodran Mustafi's second-half header cancelled out Sergio Aguero's strike, but the point leaves the Londoners in sixth on 51 points, seven behind City who now occupy the final Champions League qualifying berth.

The Gunners will be without centre-back Laurent Koscielny on Wednesday, and Wenger fears the France worldwide could face a lengthy absence.

Arsenal would find another equaliser for their under-fire boss as Shkodran Mustafi headed home to earn the hosts a share of the spoils.

They were, however, perhaps unfortunate not to win a penalty late on when Nacho Monreal touched the ball with his hand.

With 10 games remaining of the Premier League season, Wenger's team sits sixth in the table, seven points off Manchester City in fourth.

Steve Agnew's side would have moved within two points of safety with a victory at the Liberty Stadium. Second-placed Tottenham beat Burnley.

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