Wenger won't throw in the towel

Arsene Wenger remains upbeat over Arsenal’s chances of claiming the Premier League title despite seeing his side drop two more points against Liverpool on Saturday.


Peter Crouch gave Liverpool a deserved first-half lead at Emirates Stadium, but Nicklas Bendtner struck back for Wenger’s side to keep them in the hunt with the small matter of a trip to Old Trafford still to come next weekend.


"In my brain it is not over, because it is not over mathematically," said Wenger. “It depends on the results of the other teams. I said we would need at least five wins and a draw [from our last six games]."


The Frenchman feels the latest 1-1 draw followed a similar script to the game on Wednesday evening.


"It is frustrating again because I feel we had a blatant penalty again for a foul on [Cesc] Fabregas, which was not given,” he added. “You can see it well on television, it is 100% conclusive. We also had a chance in the last minute to kill the game off.


"It was a bit of repetition of Wednesday night. We had problems starting the game, and then got into the game after 30 minutes.


"Then just before half-time they got the goal and then they defended for every ball in their half and you needed to get back to score a second goal, which was possible.