Swansea City, despite being edgy in the first half.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was delighted to see his side
recover from a nervy start to end their recent hoodoo against
Swansea City with a 3-0 victory at the Liberty Stadium.
The visitors gained a first win over Swansea in four attempts
courtesy of second-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Laurent
Koscielny and Joel Campbell.
Having bounced back from their midweek League Cup exit at
Sheffield Wednesday, which saw Gabriel, Alex Oxlade-
Chamberlain and Theo Walcott limp off injured, Wenger felt his
side merited three points, dismissing suggestions of a foul in the
build-up to Koscielny's goal.
"I didn't see a foul but maybe I missed something and I have to
watch it again, there's always a diverse opinion from managers
on [issues like] that," the Frenchman told reporters, after seeing
Arsenal pass 2,000 goals in his reign.
"It is always a difficult game [at Swansea], last season Swansea
took six points off us so we came here a bit edgy.
"They showed quality again today, they are going through a
spell with less confidence but they are a good side and our first
half was difficult.
"In the second half we upped our tempo and the purpose in our
passing, with added pace in our combinations, and once we
scored the first goal we were the dominant team and won the
game normally.
"I rested eight players at Wednesday and gave them a breather
and it took us a while to get into the tempo today.
"I am proud of scoring goals because people come to see
people who try to play but the most important was the three
points."
With five Premier League wins in a row, Wenger's side appear
primed to mount a sustained title challenge - keeping pace with
Manchester City on Saturday while moving 14 points clear of
struggling champions Chelsea.
Wenger has a fractious relationship with Chelsea boss Jose
Mourinho and the Arsenal boss added: "I think it's better I don't
talk too much about that [gap to Chelsea].
"Let's focus on our game, we have made a little difference with
some teams but let's keep a good balance between hunger,
humility and confidence and not look too much at other teams."
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