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Tuesday, 7th October, 2014







Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny admits he is perhaps guilty of giving too many penalties away and may have to adjust his approach in the penalty area.

The French defender was responsible for giving away a penalty against Chelsea on Sunday, which allowed the Blues to score their first goal of a 2-0 win over the Gunners.







It takes the total number of Premier League penalties given away by Koscielny since his arrival in 2010 to seven, a record.

And the France international concedes that is not at all ideal, but is keen to stress he must try and prevent opponents from scoring.



"It is true that is a significant number, it's a little too…", the former Lorient man told France Football.

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"If only I could give them away when we are leading 4-0", he mused.

"Unfortunately, we do not choose…It's something I have to resolve earlier in the play.

"Hence, either I let him score or I try to get the ball", the defender added.

Koscielny also insists that he will waste no time thinking about what others judge his performance to be like, with the most important thing being what Arsenal achieve.

"I do not pass judgement on what you think of my games or my mistakes. The most important thing is to be good for Arsenal.

"Everyone makes mistakes, you have to recover", he added.

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