It just doesn’t happen that often to read Arsene Wenger admitting defeat and Chelsea’s 3-0 heavy loss is no exception as the Frenchman is convinced that a deeper analysis of the game would see many realise that Arsenal deserved more than Chelsea on Sunday.

In a long interview given after the game, the Frenchman stated that his side is already focused on what comes next.

He said:

I am used to definite conclusions from people who see the score and have great knowledge. But I believe, let people talk and let’s play tomorrow and go back to training and practice.

And that’s always what you get in an excessive world. I personally believe from what I’ve seen, that was not the case. I never had the impression that we could not win this game we were quite on top for a lot of the game.

If you come on Tuesday, I will give you an analysis of the game, physically, technically, and you will be surprised. But I cannot stop you from having your own conclusions. Because when Drogba pushes one away or Ivanovic makes three fouls and pushes people away against Villa, he looks much stronger.

But you would be surprised if you see the final analysis of the game, they have an advantage in the impact, but that didn’t make them win the game today. In the play today, you will see them 60 percent behind the ball, and that has nothing to do with physical impact.

On whether the Gunners were penalised by the referee, who disallowed what seemed to be a regular goal and waved play on when Carlos Vela went down in the penalty area, Wenger added:

I do not want to talk too much about the referee. I think we make mistakes, and I just think the referee got the turning point of a game wrong.

When you start a game in the second half and you are 2-1 instead of 2-0, it’s psychologically different. And he got that decision wrong. That does not mean that we don’t need to look at ourselves and ask why we conceded the goals.

Many believe Arsenal are already out of the title race, but the Frenchman thinks otherwise.

The 60-year old said:

I do not think the title race is over. I think we are fighters and we have to show that in the next game. The problem we have at the moment that we face is that people will not believe in us, so we have to make sure that lack of belief does not diminish our belief.

And that’s where we have to be mentally stronger than we were until now. Because until now, we had some credit that we earned at the start of the season from the specialists, and then we a lose a game. And now it will be harder.