Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger has revealed that he would prefer to avoid a clash with Spanish La Liga side, Athletico Madrid in the coming Europa quarter finals draw. This he made after his team defeated AC Milan in the round of 16 of the competition.
England striker Danny Welbeck had a wonderful night as he scored twice in the game that ended 3-1. Milan opened scoring through Turkish international, Hakan Calhanoglu who produced a stunning finish from 30 yards to give the Italians the lead.
Four minutes later, the gunners equalized from the spot after Welbeck was brought down by Ricardo Rodriguez. AC Milan later fell to a 5-1 aggregate defeat to the London side.
This was Arsenal’s third win in a week after their first-leg victory in Milan and Sunday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat of Watford. Prior to victory at the San Siro, the Gunners had lost four successive games in all competitions.
Reacting to the victory, Arsene Wenger said,
“It’s much better. We needed that to recover from our results,”
“It shows how the team has responded. We had a difficult game but in the end we won it. If we have the results and the way to play football, the crowds will be behind us.”
“It was an open game. We played backwards a bit too much in the first half to protect the result. We played a very good side,” said Wenger.
“We have to improve defensively, but overall we are team with technical quality which is more attack-minded.
“We struggle a bit more when we have to defend. We finished the game more compact and more solid.”
“We would certainly want to avoid Atletico Madrid,”
