Via E-Mail, Arsene Wenger wrote:Dear Supporter,
It was a very good weekend for us because we were under pressure to take advantage of the situation after Sunday's results but we did it.
We had a good start against Blackburn, with a good drive, going forward for the first 20 minutes, and we scored an early goal. But the second goal didn't come and then Blackburn came back into the game in the last 20 minutes of the first half.
In the second half I feel we controlled the game and Brad Friedel kept them in it. We were slightly caught between not wanting to make a defensive mistake and pushing for the second goal so that's why I believe we missed something going forward. But then we scored that goal in the last minute.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored yet again but I believe all our strikers benefit from our outstanding teamwork. It's not a coincidence that strikers who play here score goals because everybody goes forward, everybody gives you good balls and the team feeds you when you're a good striker. Here you get quite good food!
I played Fabregas on the right because I had no real choice. Cesc was in bed for three days and, credit to him, not only did he play but he played in a different position. That shows you how much these players are up for it.
We have always had the belief from the first day onwards but there is still a long way to go in the title race even though we have a five-point advantage. You could see again on Monday night and over the weekend that teams can drop points if they are not at their best.
We still have 12 games but we are in a good position and we believe we can do it. However we are not fools, we know it's far from being over and we will have to fight until the last minute of the championship, certainly. We have a hard programme in front of us like everybody else.
I don't want my team to focus on the difference between us and the rest, I want them to focus on strengthening our lead and going into every game to keep that momentum going. We need to assert our authority and play like real challengers.
The pressure will grow but I feel we have handled the pressure very well all season. For example last week we played first, at Man City, and we won. This week we played last and we won as well. So in all the different kind of situations we faced we came up with the right result.
Thanks for your support.