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Wenger calls for Arsenal focus

ESPN staff
October 20, 2011
Aaron Ramsey's late winner handed Arsene Wenger some cheer © PA Photos
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Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal have taken a step back up the ladder with victory at Marseille but has told his players that they must retain their focus.

The Gunners have made an awful start to life in the Premier League, but Aaron Ramsey's late winner in France catapulted Wenger's men to the top of Champions League Group F.

Ramsey climbed off the bench to bag the winner and Wenger joked that a competition that has not been kind to him in the past may now be offering him some good fortune.

"We haven't always been lucky in this competition," Wenger said. "But my three subs combined for the goal. That makes me lucky.

"We lost a late goal to Dortmund and we lost the Champions League final (to Barcelona in 2006) in the final 10 minutes with 10 men.

"We have made a little step forward but we have to be humble. We are a team who has to continue to grow. It will help our confidence.

"If you look back at the last five or six games, you will see only one defeat. We are slowly getting there. This result will help."

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