Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal are still in the Premier League title race, despite seeing his side held to a 3-3 draw at Tottenham on Tuesday.
The White Hart Lane clash saw the Gunners relinquish a 3-1 lead to miss out on the full three points, leaving them third behind Chelsea in the table and six points adrift of leaders Manchester United.
But Wenger has not given up hope of lifting the trophy and insists the Gunners will keep battling.
Fight
He told Sky Sports News: “It’s not over. We’ll fight.
“Our mental strength is outstanding. We have faced criticism but this team deserves much more.
“I didn’t see any fail in our attitude, in our determination, in our quality. We just dropped physically in the second half.”
Wenger believes his side were still feeling the effects of a tough clash against Liverpool on Sunday.
“We’ve had two games in three games, our recovery was a bit short,” he added.
“I didn’t see any fail in our attitude, in our determination, in our quality. We just dropped physically in the second half. “
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“Tottenham are a good team and we have to accept they can score goals as well.
“Both sides could have won the game tonight but I didn’t see any failure in our attitude.
“We came here to score goals and played a team who are very good going forward.”
Arsenal conceded a penalty in the second half when Wojciech Szczesny brought down Aaron Lennon in the area, and Spurs ace Rafael van der Vaart made no mistake in converting for the equaliser.
Unfortunate
Wenger feels his side were unfortunate to lose their lead, but admits he did not witness the incident.
He said: “We suffered physically in the second half and were very unfortunate to concede the penalty.
“It was difficult to assess the penalty, I’ll have to see it again.”
