2011-01-15 : West Ham 0 - 3 Arsenal

Wenger: 'It was a comprehensive win'

Dear Arsenal Supporter,

It became a pretty comprehensive win on Saturday because on the whole we had a very strong first half.

That affected West Ham's morale and in the second half it looked as if they were a bit flat. They didn't put us under pressure after the break, didn't really get out of their own half, and we always looked like we were closer to scoring the third goal than to conceding one. From then on it became a comprehensive victory. We had a good, mature performance.

It was a convincing win. In fact we are on a very strong run in the Premier League because we beat Chelsea, won twice 3-0 away from home and had a convincing 0-0 against Man City at home. So overall we are on a strong run. I have said many times that the Premier League will be exciting and interesting until the end.

Robin van Persie scored twice and set up the other goal for Theo Walcott. We have many offensive players and he plays them in well because he keeps the ball. You can see now that because he has a few games he's much sharper physically, and that is very interesting for us.

I don't know if we were more motivated because of the defeat at Ipswich as it is difficult to compare the competitions. The Cup is the Cup and you've seen that sometimes teams do well in the championship but not so well in the Cup.

Did we underestimate a little bit the difficulty of the Ipswich game? I don't know, but certainly you could come to that conclusion if you saw the team at West Ham.

We are building momentum in the title race and I think it's in our hands because we play all of the big teams at home and are on a strong run at home now. We have played many away games, so now we'll see that it is down to us.

Thanks for your support.

Arsène Wenger