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Arsene Wenger praises Arsenal's first half display

02 October 2013 - 03:25

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hailed the Gunners first-half display against Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

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Early goals from Mesut Ozil and Olivier Giroud sealed a 2-0 victory for the Gunners over Napoli in a Champions League encounter at the Emirates Stadium, which took the North London outfit to the top of Group F with six points.<br />

The Frenchman told BBC Sport: <em>"I felt that we played at a good pace, technically very direct and finished with great goals.</em><br />

<em>"The first half was outstanding. The second half we played more with maturity, less with drive going forward, a bit more cautious, but overall and outstanding game.</em><br />

<em>"The first half was amazing, absolutely fantastic. Everything was in there, all that you dream to see when you come to watch football. We were solid.&nbsp;</em><br />

<em>"[Mathieu] Flamini and [Mikel] Arteta contributed to that, and overall it was positive because I wanted Flamini to be very good on the counter-attack, especially with [Aaron] Ramsey, and that worked very well."</em>

Written by Sri Aswin