Wenger: Exasperated
In terms of the decisions going against us, this is the worst I've seen in my 11 years at Arsenal.
Arsene Wenger.
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Arsene Wenger claims Arsenal have been on the end of the worst refereeing decisions he has ever experienced in his time with the Gunners.
The North London club crashed out of the UEFA Champions League in midweek as contentious penalty decisions went against them in both legs of their quarter-final clash with Liverpool.
First, Alexander Hleb was denied a spot-kick at Emirates Stadium when he was pulled back by Dirk Kuyt, before Kolo Toure was harshly penalised for his challenge Ryan Babel late in the second leg at Anfield.
The Gunners have fallen off the Premier League title pace in recent weeks and are six points adrift of Manchester United ahead of their trip to Old Trafford on Sunday, live on Sky Sports 1.
Wenger remains perplexed by the decisions which have gone against his team and insists it has hit the confidence of his players.
The Frenchman said: "It has been a very difficult week - the hardest of the season.
"In terms of the decisions going against us, this is the worst I've seen in my 11 years at Arsenal.
"This team has been punished in the last seven weeks more than any team I have seen in England since I arrived here.
"Every single decision has gone against this team in every single game recently.
"It is the big decision in every game and I don't know why that is.
"It damages the confidence of the team and then you become more vulnerable. It is difficult to understand.
"I don't want to make a big fuss of the refereeing decisions because I cannot change that and I do not want to focus on that.
"I want to focus on what I can improve, but the least you can say that it has not helped us.
"It's a big disappointment because we had the room to go through - easy, easy - against Liverpool."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Sunday 8th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Hull vs Stoke |
| 15:00 | West Ham vs Everton |
| 15:00 | Wigan vs Fulham |
| 16:00 | Chelsea vs Man Utd |
| Monday 9th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 20:00 | Liverpool vs Birmingham |
| Saturday 21st November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 12:45 | Liverpool vs Man City |
| 15:00 | Birmingham vs Fulham |
| 15:00 | Burnley vs Aston Villa |
| 15:00 | Chelsea vs Wolverhampton |
| 15:00 | Hull vs West Ham |
| 15:00 | Sunderland vs Arsenal |
| 17:30 | Man Utd vs Everton |
| Sunday 22nd November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 13:30 | Bolton vs Blackburn |
| 15:00 | Tottenham vs Wigan |
| 16:00 | Stoke vs Portsmouth |
| Wednesday 25th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 19:45 | Hull vs Everton |
| 20:00 | Fulham vs Blackburn |
| Saturday 28th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| 15:00 | Blackburn vs Stoke |
| 15:00 | Fulham vs Bolton |
| 15:00 | Man City vs Hull |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Saturday 7th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Wolverhampton 1 - 4 Arsenal | |
| Man City 3 - 3 Burnley | |
| Tottenham 2 - 0 Sunderland | |
| Blackburn 3 - 1 Portsmouth | |
| Aston Villa 5 - 1 Bolton | |
| Wednesday 4th November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 1 Aston Villa | |
| Sunday 1st November | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Birmingham 0 - 0 Man City | |
| Saturday 31st October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| Man Utd 2 - 0 Blackburn | |
| Sunderland 2 - 2 West Ham | |
| Portsmouth 4 - 0 Wigan | |
| Bolton 0 - 4 Chelsea | |
| Stoke 2 - 2 Wolverhampton | |
| Fulham 3 - 1 Liverpool | |
| Burnley 2 - 0 Hull | |
| Everton 1 - 1 Aston Villa | |
| Arsenal 3 - 0 Tottenham | |
| Sunday 25th October | |
| Barclays Premier League | |
| West Ham 2 - 2 Arsenal | |
| Man City 2 - 2 Fulham | |
| Liverpool 2 - 0 Man Utd | |
| Bolton 3 - 2 Everton | |
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