Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has stated that he was glad that his side put in a good performance against Blackburn at the weekend, and admits that some of the team’s showings this season have not been up to scratch.
Arsene Wenger’s men put ten-man Rovers to the sword, comprehensively winning 7-1 at the Emirates Stadium.
Walcott believes that his men need to keep this standard up for the rest of the season, and that the players are culpable in terms of the criticism that has been aimed at the club this term.
“The boss always takes a lot of stick from everyone criticising him, but us players need to look up to him because he’s been taking it all,” he told the club’s official website.
“We are the ones who go out there and put out the performances and sometimes they have not been good enough.
“There are so many world-class players in the dressing room, so it is disappointing when we come back from Bolton with a 0-0 draw where we had a lot of chances.
“It has just been one of those frustrating seasons.
“Hopefully a lot of those frustrations came out against Blackburn, where everybody stood up for themselves,” he concluded.
Arsenal are currently in sixth place in the Premier League standings and take on Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.
By Gareth McKnight
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