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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
I haven't taken anything out of context, he said all of those things didn't he? If he didn't want to be seen as being a sore loser he didn't have to say those things and also moaning about the goalkeeper going across his goal to take a goal kick 
It just amazed me how he can make the point about having a young side being a reason for why they've lost the last two games. |
Yes he said those things. Taking things out of context means you remove the context and portray a certain part of what is said as indictive of the whole thing. You said it was his excuses for the loss but you left out the part where he talks about the defending and the set-pieces.
In fact he didn't give the reasons you gave to the question of why they lost today. He gave in response to this question:
"You have sweep aside an awful lot of teams in this league yet over the last 18 months when you have played Chelsea and Manchester United you invariably have lost?"
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Originally Posted by Shadow Demon UK
Ok, i'll change my original post from excuses for losing today, to excuses for losing against the big teams (which includes todays games). I don't see how it's sad, listening to a post-match interview and picking up on a couple of points he made.
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Because those points out of context make it look like he was blind to the awful defending of Arsenal and the great defending of Chelsea when he in fact mentioned those things. He just said he feels that on top of that, over the last 18 months, Arsenal's inexperience as been a factor against the top sides and that Arsenal were unlucky in the fixture list. Which there were. Both of these losses are not fatal if spread out but two in a row gives a big physiological blow.
It reminds me of the whole hassle over when he said Drogba does do much when what he actually said was he doesn't appear to do much but can then score two goals from nowhere.