{"id":2067,"date":"2014-02-21T19:48:36","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2014-02-21T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T19:49:33","slug":"midfielder-still-upset-at-penalty-miss-wenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/midfielder-still-upset-at-penalty-miss-wenger\/","title":{"rendered":"”Midfielder Still Upset At Penalty Miss” Wenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says it will take Mesut Ozil a while to recover from the disappointment of missing a crucial midweek penalty in the Champions League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gunners were beaten 2-0 at the Emirates on Wednesday by Bayern Munich but could have taken the lead in the first half, only for Manuel Neuer to save Ozil’s tame spot-kick.<\/p>\n

And Wenger said at his Friday morning press conference that the German was still rueing the miss.<\/p>\n

“He is over it now?” said the manager. “Certainly not. He apologised after the game, but 48 hours is a bit short to get over that.<\/p>\n

“It’s part of the job to deal with disappointment and to show that you can respond to it.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think people are surprised that he missed a penalty because Bayern missed a penalty as well.<\/p>\n

“He takes his penalties in an unusual way, so people are maybe a little bit less understanding, but everybody can miss penalties.<\/p>\n

“It is his way, you accept it or not. It’s his way of taking penalties like that.<\/p>\n

“At the moment, we have to let him recover from that. I had examples before with people like Dennis Bergkamp, who missed an important penalty in ’99 and refused to take any penalties after that.<\/p>\n

“He gets a statue tomorrow (a Bergkamp statue will be unveiled at the Emirates on Saturday) so it doesn’t take a statue away from you!<\/p>\n

“Other people (who miss penalties) don’t mind and they do it again.”<\/p>\n

Wenger also confirmed that Olivier Giroud will be involved in Saturday’s Premier League game at home to Sunderland but Kieran Gibbs will miss out due to injury.<\/p>\n

Giroud was surprisingly left on the bench for Wednesday’s loss, Yaya Sanogo starting, but Wenger is planning to shuffle his pack for this weekend’s match at the Emirates.<\/p>\n

“There will certainly be changes, that’s for sure,” he said on Friday. “How many, I don’t know yet. I have to decide today after training and tonight.<\/p>\n

“We have Gibbs injured from our last game and he is definitely out.<\/p>\n

“Nobody else is coming back, apart from (Mikel) Arteta, who is back from suspension and will be available.<\/p>\n

“It is likely Giroud will be involved tomorrow. Resting him was part of a refreshment plan.<\/p>\n

“But Sanogo can make a huge contribution for the rest of the season because he hasn’t played many games.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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