"I was surprised as well I must say, but I must confess as well that it doesn't stop the players to focus and concentrate after on the game". "It has been a long journey - match number 14 in the Europa League - and we want to win". We know that. We have four games left that we need to approach in the same way as we did on Sunday. Obviously it's tough to play Manchester United. We're always talking on and off the pitch about getting that link up going.
Liverpool's failure to beat Southampton at Anfield earlier on Sunday coupled with Arsenal's comfortable win over a weakened United clearly focused on their Europa League ambitions means the Gunners will now travel to St Mary's tomorrow just six points off the top four, with two games in hand over Liverpool and one over Manchester City.
Granit Xhaka has no plans to tone down his combative style of play despite his growing collection of cards. "We knew we had to win, we played a good game and deserved it", he said.
"It is not manager against manager", he said.
He scored the opener in a 2-0 win against Manchester United on Sunday, with the help of a heavy deflection, his fourth goal for Arsenal in all competitions but only his second in the Premier League. "We have had many draws as well and there were some fantastic teams that we played against", Wenger said.
So too has Arsene Wenger's decision to recruit the Swiss midfielder at a time when N'Golo Kante was on the market, moving from Leicester to Chelsea for a similar fee last summer. "It's the first time I leave Highbury or Emirates and they're happy".
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United go into Thursday's home leg of the semi-final with a one-goal advantage over the Spanish side and are favourites to advance to the final on May 25.
On Friday, Mourinho said he still expected whatever team he put out to "fight", but added: "It's impossible not to rest players".
Nevertheless, Wenger did not see any issues with the camaraderie between both rivals. "He doesn't need to because there are no problems".
Danny Welbeck headed a second to help Arsene Wenger's team bounce back from their derby defeat to Tottenham last week and keep their hopes of a top-four place alive.
"Technical area enmity might well be the highlight of a game where on-field entertainment could be in very short supply".
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