Published 07:40 IST, December 2nd 2019

Freddie Ljungberg positive about Arsenal's top-4 chances after Norwich City draw

In the post-match interview after Arsenal's draw 2-2 against Norwich City, the interim head coach said that he was proud of the belief shown by the players

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Interim Arsenal head coach, Freddie Ljungberg has been optimistic about club, chances of making into top four of Premier League and subsequently, qualify for Champions League. comments came after Arsenal 2-2 draw against rwich City on Sunday. It was Swede's first game in charge. 

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Le saves day for Arsenal 

During match, Arsenal came back from being a goal down to level score on two occasions, and it happened courtesy star striker Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang scoring a penalty and a close-range finish. away side fell to Teemu Pukki and Todd Cantwell's goals. 

If t for Bernd Le's heroics, Arsenal would have lost match since defence continued to be a problem for rth London side. Le has made a total of 56 saves this season, more than any or goalkeeper in league, and if Arsenal still have any hopes of being in top four, it's because of German's performance. 

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Ljungberg, however, had quite a few positives on day, with Arsenal playing with much more freedom and creativity than in recent weeks. In his post-match press conference, he said, "If we look at game, we started really well and I thought we dominated totally and found pockets and created chances. I would probably expect us to take lead and go for that. problem I think is that everyone can see that we had problems in transitions while we had possession, so that’s something that’s easy for a coach because we kw what we need to work on. That’s to lock and t get countered on in those ways."

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However, draw meant that it continues Arsenal's worst start to a season since 1975, and to achieve targets Ljungberg will have to turn things around quickly. He was asked if better results will come for club and he said, "[Yes], 100 per cent. For me, from what I saw in first 30 minutes, belief and how y went and how we played, that’s good. In my opinion, offensively we were good, and one thing, when we went on-nil down, it wasn’t players shaking ir heads. y were saying, ‘Come on guys, we can sort this out.’ That shows for me that belief that y kw y’re good players and we want to change a negative trend."

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Arsenal's next match is against Brighton on Thursday evening, and Ljungberg will be hoping to register his first win in front of home crowd. 

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06:34 IST, December 2nd 2019