United defeat left its mark, admits Wenger

LONDON: Arsene Wenger admitted on Friday that his Arsenal team´s 3-1 defeat by Manchester United a fortnight ago has left his side psychologically scarred in their matches since.

Wenger — who is likely to recall record signing Alexandre Lacazette to the starting line-up against out-of-form Newcastle United on Saturday — said his players had felt hard done by in not even garnering a point against United.

The Gunners peppered the United goal but found Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea in outstanding form.“It still plays on their minds,” said Wenger about the United loss.“You need to get that out of the system. When you have so many chances as we had and you come out with nothing, it´s difficult to swallow and it takes a little while.

“I think the best way is to continue to put that behind us and focus on the quality of our game.”Wenger, who revealed Welsh midfielder Aaron Ramsey will be out of action for three weeks with a hamstring injury and England international Theo Walcott has a groin problem, admitted his side needed to turn their dominance of recent games into goals.

Arsenal have created more chances than any other team in the Premier League this season but have only managed to convert 13 percent of them.“At the moment there is a difference between points we get and the domination we have in the game,” said Wenger.