{"id":341640,"date":"2011-03-27T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/arsene-wenger-concedes-international-break-provides-respite-after-demanding-arsenal-fixture-schedule\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T07:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T07:25:00","slug":"arsene-wenger-concedes-international-break-provides-respite-after-demanding-arsenal-fixture-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/arsene-wenger-concedes-international-break-provides-respite-after-demanding-arsenal-fixture-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger concedes international break provides respite after demanding Arsenal fixture schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Chris Davie<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Mar 2011 08:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.601736972705\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arsene Wenger, Arsenal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/18699d05125892_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Arsene Wenger, Arsenal<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"30.574468085106\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> has admitted the international fixtures provide a welcome respite for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> following the club\u2019s exit from three competitions.<\/p>\n<p>After being dumped out of the Champions League and the FA Cup, along with a shock League Cup final defeat by Birmingham City, Wenger\u2019s men conceded further ground in the title race by drawing 2-2 with relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman maintains the focus of his player has been diverted in a positive way by playing for their respective countries and insists they may return with more vigour ahead of the title run-in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe it will help by giving the players a psychological break after such a demanding, stressful three weeks,\u201d Wenger told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe it&#8217;s not bad that the players focus on something different and come back refreshed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wenger has also refused to rule Chelsea out of the title hunt, and while the Arsenal manager believes Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s side require a victory at Old Trafford to have any chance of retaining their crown, he suggests competition is a good thing for his players. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They Chelsea are in the race. They need to win at Manchester &#8211; but it&#8217;s so unpredictable,\u201d said Wenger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s important to us is to get back to winning, that&#8217;s what we need.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s positive there are more competitors in the title race.\u201d<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_545.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/27\/2413283\/arsene-wenger-concedes-international-break-provides-respite\" title=\"Arsene Wenger concedes international break provides respite after demanding Arsenal fixture schedule\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsene Wenger concedes international break provides respite after demanding Arsenal fixture schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Davie 27 Mar 2011 08:25:00 Arsene Wenger, Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsene Wenger has admitted the international fixtures provide a welcome respite for Arsenal following the club\u2019s exit from three competitions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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