We were very dominant in the first half-hour at Aston Villa and the only regret I had at that stage was we had not scored enough goals.
We did make it 2-0 just before half-time but you could feel among the players that what happened last week against Tottenham had had an impact in their heads. So when it came back to 2-1 it was an interesting test. We could crumble or we could score again.
We scored again.
Villa are a good side with good strikers and a solid defence but overall I think we dominated the game. Andrey Arshavin was always dangerous on the day. You always like him to have the ball because you feel he could make the difference.
The result put us top of the Premier League for a while. That's the modern world of football - it changes quickly. What you have to do is focus on the quality of what you want and let other people judge. I feel we played very well against Tottenham and they created less chances than Villa did on Saturday but we still lost the game.
In fact I believe we had three good performances last week. We had a lot of possession in a difficult game in Braga and responded well at Villa.
I say that because I focus on the performance. You do not always lose when you dominate games and that's what happened at Villa. We played well, Villa had a good response in the second half but we managed to find the resources to win the game.
Right now, I feel this team are on the same wavelength in the way they want to play and the way they fight for each other.
It's very interesting to see and I think there is a lot more to come from them in the rest of the campaign.
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December 1, 2010
December 1, 2010
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