Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confessed he was not worried when Jens Lehmann was called into action to replace injured Manuel Almunia against Blackpool.

Speaking in his post-match press conference, the Frenchman explained that the former Germany International is a good goalkeeper who was coming in to replace another good goalkeeper. The Arsenal boss added that his only concern was that he had no keeper on the bench and how therefore a player would have been forced to replace the 41-year old in case of problems.

Asked about how the veteran performed, Wenger replied with a positive reply, saying that he did well, was spot on with his decision-making and was commanding when set-pieces had to be defended.

And on the challenge on DJ Campbell for which the goalkeeper could have easily seen red, the Frenchman concluded by saying that he took the ball and how the referee would have probably booked him had he decided to give the home side the penalty for the challenge.

On his goalkeeper, Wenger said:

I was not concerned [when Jens Lehmann was called to play] because I replaced a good goalkeeper with a good goalkeeper. The only concern was not having a goalkeeper on the bench anymore.

If something had happened to Jens, because he had not played for a long time, we would have had a problem.

He did well. His decision-making was spot on. In fairness, he didn’t have a lot to do because we controlled the game quite well. He is commanding and his authority helped us on set-pieces.

[The challenge on DJ Campbell?] Yes. That was the important split-second of the game. I felt Jens played the ball, even if [the referee] gives a penalty he can give a yellow card because he tried to intercept the ball.