April 19, 2008	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 12, 1429

LONDON, April 18: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday he had suffered his worst week in nearly 12 years at the club after seeing his Premier League and Champions League challenges end just days apart.

Wenger, who took over at the north London club in September 1996, said he and his squad had felt shattered by Sunday’s 2-1 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford, just five days after being eliminated from the Champions League by Liverpool.

The defeat at United ended Arsenal’s realistic hopes of securing the title and winning a trophy this season. Wenger had predicted his team could win both the Premier League and Champions League.

“It has been very hard to take because we do not feel inferior to any other team,” he told a news conference.

Asked if it had been the worst week he had experienced during his time at Arsenal, he said: “Yes, it is the lowest week I have had here in all this time.”—Reuters