Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes his team should not underestimate Championship side Burnley at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, as reported by the club’s official website.
The Gunners suffered a tough loss against Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup and will look at their matchup against Burnley as a chance for redemption against lower league opposition.
However, to win, Arsenal will have to ensure they are on their game, with their opposition Burnley scoring 12 goals in their past three games and unbeaten in their last six matches.
Wenger has been following his opposition and was impressed with their performance against Derby County on Monday night.
I saw them on Monday night beat Derby 4-1 and I realised when I watched them that all their players played in the Premier League, we played against most of them.
The Frenchman also mentioned a few names that his team should pay attention to and says that Championship teams should not be undermined.
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They have Gray up front who is very efficient, they have other players like Barton, Arfield, Boyd – they have all played in the Premier League.They have Vokes up front with Gray, they have good players. We know that we have learnt in the Premier League that the teams who have come up from the Championship, it is not like 10 years ago – they compete at the right level.
Wenger said that his team have learned their lesson from the Sheffield Wednesday defeat and urged his players to show that passion and desire needed to win.
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We have to be humble enough to accept that and to think it’s not because we turn up at the Emirates and play against Burnley that we will win the game.
We have to earn the right to go through this round and qualify. If you don’t do that, we’ll have a bad surprise.
Arsenal will have extra incentive to win against Burnley on Saturday since many of their injured players are back to fitness, including both Francis Coquelin and Tomas Rosicky.
