FROM INVINCIBLE TO INVISIBLE

Last updated : 30 November 2004 By editor

Arsenal's spirit is gone, says Ljungberg

Dominic Fifield
The Guardian

"Liverpool wanted to have a fight and it was a fight, a real battle," said Ljungberg.

"That's part of the English game and how we'd normally play it. So that was mainly what we talked about, that we need to win the fight to get the ball. Some of us were saying that we weren't going into the one-on-one battles 100% and that we lost most of them as a result. We weren't pleased at that. We have to be harder, to win those individual battles."

Vieira backed up Ljungberg's comments. "The quality and hunger to keep the title is still there, but it's not about the team, it's about ourselves,"

"We've lost a bit of the togetherness that you need to win games. Three or four years ago we maybe would've won that game at Anfield."