Wenger salutes ‘ludicrous’ Gunners surge

ARSENE WENGER accepts it was “ludicrous” to believe Arsenal could haul themselves back to the top of the Premier League – but now believes his young team have the desired hunger to stay there until May.

Wenger salutes ‘ludicrous’ Gunners surge

Wednesday night’s 4-2 victory over Bolton, after they had trailed 2-0, was a seventh in the nine matches since a comprehensive 3-0 home defeat by Chelsea left them some 11 points adrift and seemingly well and truly out of the title race.

“If you keep belief, no matter what people say, it can strengthen the belief in the heads of my players and get them stronger,” the Arsenal manager said.

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