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Wenger fury at Walcott treatment

Theo Walcott
Walcott has been in flying form for Arsenal and England

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger complained that winger Theo Walcott was not protected during the Gunners' last-gasp 1-1 draw at Dynamo Kiev.

Walcott set up captain William Gallas's 88th-minute strike, but Wenger revealed his unhappiness with Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo.

"The referee should have sent off the left-back three times at least because he destroyed Walcott," Wenger said.

Wenger also said he had issue with the official's timekeeping in Ukraine.

"I wanted to understand how we had only three minutes of injury time, and then only played one minute," he said.

"Every referee looks to have a different computer to calculate the injury time and still I do not know and really understand how it works.

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"It looks like it is through the inspiration of the referee and he could not explain it. He just said it was enough."

Arsenal had looked like they would pay the price for failing to convert several chances in the first half.

On 64 minutes, full-back Bacary Sagna was adjudged to have pushed over Ognjen Vukojevic and Ismael Bangoura scored from the penalty spot.

Wenger's team are now unbeaten in four matches, having come into the European encounter on the back of three straight wins.

Now preparing for another away trip at Bolton, Wenger added: "The game is a mixture of frustration and relief.

"We are in a good momentum and it was important to at least come back from Ukraine with a point, even if it should have been three.

"The game should be over at half-time because we had clear chances in the first half, but it is a relief because with three minutes to go we were 1-0 down.

"I felt our level dropped in the second half and we did not create as many chances as we would have liked to. We feel we have lost two points."



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see also
Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Arsenal
17 Sep 08 |  Europe
Walcott feat a one-off - Wenger
11 Sep 08 |  Internationals
Croatia 1-4 England
10 Sep 08 |  Internationals
Champions League photos
17 Sep 08 |  Football
Champions League as it happened
17 Sep 08 |  Europe


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