Szczesny: I was getting very bored in goal

Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny has revealed that
he was getting bored in goal watching his side's
demolition of Napoli.
The 6 ft 5 in stopper was virtually spectator
particularly in the first half as he watched some
wonderful football which culminated in goals for
Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud.
The 23-year-old admitted that he was impressed with
the standard of football on show but claimed that he
was left watching the game like a fan to the extent
that he started to get bored at the inactivity at his
end.
Speaking to the Arsenal official website, he said:
I think for the first half an hour. I don't remember
playing like that for a long time, not just this
season. I was like one of the fans behind the goal,
just watching the game, and I couldn't believe
what was going on. We must have a couple of
decent players or something! It was very
enjoyable to watch.
I think we had a very strong start, I was getting
very bored in goal to be honest for the first half an
hour! We were fantastic I thought, we got an early
lead and then it was just a matter of defending
well and making sure that we did our job
correctly, and we did that.
We'll be confident, we'll take on anyone right now.
I think you could see that in the first half. They
will be very tough games and probably very tight
but we're confident that we can get the six points
and be safely in the last 16.
The Polish international believes Ozil's eighth minute
goal was the catalyst for the performance and also
reserved special praise for the German. He added:
Obviously it was good to see him scoring. We all
know about his assists over the last few years and
he got one today as well, but it's important for
him to get confident, to score some goals.
We've seen him in training and he can do that,
he's a good finisher. We can expect a little bit
more of that from him.
Arsenal were scintillating in last night's 2-0 victory
over Italian side Napoli in the Champions' League
group stage, the performance showed just how much
confidence the current side posses. The Gunners won
the game in the first 15 minutes, so most of the
game was all about keeping their concentration and
defending the lead they established early in the
game.
It was certainly one of the best 45 minutes of football
I can remember in recent memory and it's no
surprise that Ozil was the fulcrum of all the action.
The current team posses the qualities which we have
missed in the past few seasons i.e., they are calm
and composed when we have the lead which is the
reason we are winning close contests. If we continue
to play like this then I don't think the end of our
trophy drought is far.
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