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"Frustrated" Wenger livid over Gunners not bagging points for the taking.


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London, Oct 26(ANI): Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that his Gunners players should have registered an easy win in the Premier League game against West Ham Coordinates:

West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located 6.1 miles (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross. From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham.
 United to close the gap on Manchester United.

The Gunners were on track with first-half goals from Robin van Persie and William Gallas, but they failed to keep the lead and conceded con·cede  
v. con·ced·ed, con·ced·ing, con·cedes

v.tr.
1. To acknowledge, often reluctantly, as being true, just, or proper; admit. See Synonyms at acknowledge.

2.
 two goals at Upton Park Coordinates:

This article is about the area in London. For the West Ham United football stadium, see Boleyn Ground.
Upton Park is an area in the London Borough of Newham.
. A win would have put Arsenal a point behind second-place United with a game in hand.

"You need to get points when you deserve to get them - and sometimes when you don't deserve to. Today we never got the three points when we deserved them - and that means we've not made the maximum of what we should have done," The Sun quoted Wenger, as saying.

"It's tight and open at the top and that's why I'm convinced that it'll be close until the end," he added.

Wenger further said that it was a very frustrating frus·trate  
tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates
1.
a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart:
 game for him, as even though the Gunners were in control throughout the game, they had to be happy with a draw.

"It's very frustrating, but West Ham did fight right until the end. I never had the feeling that the game was won at 2-0, even though we were completely in control. We conceded two goals from set-pieces. Generous ones," Wenger said.

"West Ham are very happy tonight and I understand that - but the free-kick and penalty were extremely generous. I don't think that either should have been given, but we cannot influence the decision of the referee A judicial officer who presides over civil hearings but usually does not have the authority or power to render judgment.

Referees are usually appointed by a judge in the district in which the judge presides.
," he added. (ANI)

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