14th April 2013 By ArsenalSupremo

Captain Thomas Vermaelen wants the Arsenal to carry on the great run of form as the race for the Champions League places heats up. The Gunners are now gone on a 4 game winning streak since beating Bayern Munich in the second leg. Here is what Vermaelen had to say :

“In the second half we conceded a goal and we've shown before that we always fight back. You could see that today and we scored three good goals at the end.

“Norwich were not really dangerous in front of goal. Their goal was their first attempt but we knew they were strong at set-pieces and we conceded a goal from one today. That's a bit of a shame but I think we came back really strong.

Scorer of the second goal Olivier Giroud spoke to the Arsenal player on his delight of getting all three points and pointed to the Arsenal's never say die attitude the reason for the comeback. 

“We feel relieved tonight because we had a bad start,” he told Arsenal Player. “We had some chances to score but we didn't succeed to in the first half.

“In the second half, Norwich scored from a free-kick. We knew [that was where they are strong] so we need to be more concentrated at set pieces. Fortunately we had a good run and succeeded to score three times.

“We never give up and we try to play until the end of the game so it's one of our qualities.

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Arsene Wenger & Thomas Vermaelen spoke to the media ahead of the crucial 2nd leg tie with Bayern Munich with most people calling it the mission impossible to beat the German leaders, needing at least 3 goals at The Allianz Arena to have any chance of going through.

Although Arsene hasn't given hope just yet. "It is not mission impossible," said the manager. "It can be done, but first of all you need 100 per cent commitment, attitude and things to go your way. But usually football goes your way when you have the right attitude. The boss also explained the situation with Szczesny, as his surprise exclusion from the travelling squad.“I decided to give him a breather just to refresh him and [so that he would] not be under increasing pressure, because once people start speaking about you, you think, ‘Now I cannot afford any [errors]’ and that's when you make mistakes.”

Thomas Vermaelen wants to repay the faith the manager has shown the whole squad by putting in a performance against Bayern. “He has worked for a long time at this Club and he's done a lot for it. We want to give him something back because he gives us confidence and belief. Find out more in what they both had to say in the video below.

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