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Dear Supporter,
It was very frustrating to come away with only a draw from Upton Park on Sunday having led 2-0 for much of the game.
But West Ham fought until the final second and, to be honest, I never had the feeling that the game was won. Even when we were completely in control I saw the attitude of West Ham and they were not giving up.
We knew that if we made a mistake we would be under pressure. The crowd got behind the referee's decisions and after that it's always difficult when you are away from home.
Still we know it is a major opportunity missed and in our job you have no luxury to do that. You must get points when you deserve them and sometimes get points when you don't deserve to them. On Sunday we didn't get the points we deserved and that means we have not made the maximum of what we should have done.
It is not complacency. We just have to continue to play in a rigorous way, respect the game we love and the pass. That is what we forgot sometimes on Sunday and we paid for it.
On the day, I felt we complicated the game a little bit. We had five or six chances in the second half where we missed the final ball or played it too late. That's where we have to learn.
Afterwards I was asked if we lacked a killer instinct. Well, in football, sometimes you have periods like that. But when you make a problem of it, it becomes a real problem. We have to play the football we love and learn when we are leading to kill the games off.
We have a great chance to win the title this year but of course you cannot repeat the kind of performance we had this weekend. However I feel the Premier League is tight right now and I'm convinced it will be very tight until the end.
Thanks for your continued support.
Arsène Wenger
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