{"id":382975,"date":"2011-04-20T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-20T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/20\/arsenal-goalkeeper-wojciech-szczesny-refuses-to-concede-title-hopes-are-over-after-3-3-draw-with-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2011-04-20T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-20T22:25:00","slug":"arsenal-goalkeeper-wojciech-szczesny-refuses-to-concede-title-hopes-are-over-after-3-3-draw-with-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/arsenal-goalkeeper-wojciech-szczesny-refuses-to-concede-title-hopes-are-over-after-3-3-draw-with-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny refuses to concede title hopes are over after 3-3 draw with Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>20 Apr 2011 23:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.9103773585\">\n<div readability=\"14.4486486486\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CL: Wojciech Szczesny, Barcelona-Arsenal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8f800ade125886_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CL: Wojciech Szczesny, Barcelona-Arsenal<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"29.5847826087\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/poland\/30286\/wojciech-szczesny\">Wojciech Szczesny<\/a> has refused to concede that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier Leagu<\/a>e title is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>\u2019s to lose, despite seeing his side surrender a 3-1 lead to draw with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> at White Hart Lane.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners had been leading 3-1 thanks to goals from Theo Walcott, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie, but a Tom Huddlestone thunderbolt and Rafael van der Vaart penalty saw Arsene Wenger\u2019s men drop two points.<\/p>\n<p>It was Szczesny who brought down Aaron Lennon to concede the penalty for Tottenham\u2019s leveller, and the Poland international admitted the referee was right to point to the spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was probably a bit disappointing for me to give it away but it was a good decision by the referee. I was committed, he got to the ball first and I brought him down, so it was a good decision, but as I said, from my view, very disappointing to give it away,\u201d he told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 21-year-old refused to concede that the result leaves Arsenal out of the title race, and insisted he thought Manchester United would drop more points before the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo I don\u2019t think so. I\u2019m confident that they are going to drop points and we just have to focus on getting the three points every time we play for the rest of the season now. And if we manage to win every single game and we manage to beat them at home, it could be very interesting in the end.\u201d<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8f800ade125886_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/20\/2450854\/arsenal-goalkeeper-wojciech-szczesny-refuses-to-concede\" title=\"Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny refuses to concede title hopes are over after 3-3 draw with Tottenham\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny refuses to concede title hopes are over after 3-3 draw with Tottenham<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 20 Apr 2011 23:25:00 CL: Wojciech Szczesny, Barcelona-Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has refused to concede that the Premier Leagu e title is Manchester United \u2019s to lose, despite seeing his side surrender a 3-1 lead to draw with Tottenham at White Hart Lane. The Gunners had been leading 3-1 thanks to goals from Theo Walcott, Samir Nasri and Robin van Persie, but a Tom Huddlestone thunderbolt and Rafael van der Vaart penalty saw Arsene Wenger\u2019s men drop two points. It was Szczesny who brought down Aaron Lennon to concede the penalty for Tottenham\u2019s leveller, and the Poland international admitted the referee was right to point to the spot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny refuses to concede title hopes are over after 3-3 draw with Tottenham - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/20\/arsenal-goalkeeper-wojciech-szczesny-refuses-to-concede-title-hopes-are-over-after-3-3-draw-with-tottenham\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny refuses to concede title hopes are over after 3-3 draw with Tottenham - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Harry Veal 20 Apr 2011 23:25:00 CL: Wojciech Szczesny, Barcelona-Arsenal Related Links Teams Players Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has refused to concede that the Premier Leagu e title is Manchester United \u2019s to lose, despite seeing his side surrender a 3-1 lead to draw with Tottenham at White Hart Lane. 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