"There were some very bad tackles out there and Paul Scholes got away with several of them. Against Reyes there was a very bad tackle. Unfortunately we now lose Reyes for three weeks. It is a big blow not only to lose but also to lose two players. We didn’t deserve to lose today.
So read the next paragraph and try to make sense of the last sentence above:
"Manchester United scored a good goal, but after that they just tried to defend their lead. We were hurried and lacked quality in their penalty area.
"Thierry was tired after playing in midweek. These guys are only human, you know, and much as we’d have liked to win the cup, the championship and Champions League are our priorities."
"We're very disappointed because we feel it's the kind of game we didn't deserve to lose," Wenger insisted. "We couldn't get the chances in the second half when we had all the domination. We were in a bit too much of a hurry then."