Wenger on the defeat, mistakes, rotation

Arsène Wenger spoke to the media after the
Chelsea game on Tuesday night. Here is what
he had to say:
on rotating his squad...
I think it was a very tight game that was
decided on one or two mistakes but overall we
cannot play all the games with the same
players, at the some stage you have to rotate.
No, that's not a regret overall - there's a lot of
positives in the game, there is as well
negatives because we lost it and that we
repeated a little bit giving the first goal away.
In the big games you give yourselves a
mountain to climb, especially when you play
against a team who defends well and is good
on the counter-attacks. But overall it was a
game played at a lot of pace where the players
put the effort in.
on what the team lacked…
I think what we lacked is that we were 1-0 down and
in a big game that is giving yourself a very difficult
task to do because you give the opposing team a
chance to counter-attack. We also did not create
enough chances.
on Bendtner's performance…
I do not want to go into the individual assessment of
the players in the press conference. I leave that
between the player and myself.
on the psychological effect of two home
defeats in a week…
Look it's better to win if you ask me. Of course it's
difficult but that's part of the season you know you
will not win all of the games but we have to respond
well on Saturday against Liverpool. We are in a
strong position in the league and we have a good
opportunity at home and we we have to turn this
round because away from home we are very solid but
at home as well you know that it is important and
vital to win the big games.
on the depth of the squad…
Don't go too quickly in the conclusions knowing that
at the moment we have Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain
and Podolski who are out. It's three players who have
a big impact offensively. If you put them in I believe
that it's a completely different position in the team.
on still not beating Mourinho…
I don't think he scored the first goal. Azpilicueta did.
on the defending…
It happens in football unfortunately.
on Emmanuel Frimpong…
No, he said it was a joke. I don't know [that] has he a
problem with England, with anybody else, with
Arsenal. In fact he was on the list to be the 19th
player, he was called up this morning but he was
sick. So for us, he was selected.
on falling behind early…
Yes it is [a worry]. It is not one you can correct, it is
not easy to correct, but it is feasible. We have not to
let that play too much on our minds. Just go into the
next game, play good football and be focused. I think
it made us a bit nervous, because we kicked a few
balls out at the back that were not needed.
on Ju-Young Park…
He was selected because he did well in training
recently. Wigan were interested and I would have
done it but in the end it wasn't realised because we
didn't find an agreement with Wigan.
on facing the big teams…
Let's not jump too quickly to conclusions because if
you take the points we have made since the first of
January, we have made more than anyone else. I
believe that a longer distance reveals more about the
quality of a team than the last few games. It is
difficult to swallow that happened to us in the last
week, but the mistakes are so big that it can be
corrected. We have to keep the basis of our game
and go into it with that and get our mistakes out.
on losing to a top-four rival…
In football it is always difficult to be definite. People
always go quickly to definite conclusions. Against
Aston Villa, we were relegated, we have a revolution
[but] today we are in a strong position in the league.
It is down to how we get rid of those mistakes
without losing belief in our qualities. That is what is
at stake.
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