Arsene Wenger had some words of praise for Petr Cech after the Arsenal keeper’s performance helped keep yesterday’s scoreline respectable.

The 34 year old made a string of saves during the game, and but for him it would almost certainly have been a more embarrassing defeat.

Speaking afterwards, the manager said, “”He had an outstanding performance.

“He was one of the players who turned up today and it shows that he still has it at the top level.”

I think it might be fairer to say he was about the only player to really turn up, and as to why that might be, the 67 year old believes confidence issues are playing a part.

“I think if you look at the chances created, Spurs deserved to win the game,” he continued.

“We didn’t create enough, we didn’t take our chances. There was plenty of room in the first half to do more than what we did with the balls we had. That is the regret of the game today.

“I think the players really wanted it and gave everything until the end. But we lack something at the moment that is a mixture of confidence, creativity, quality to finish what we start.

“I think recently the team is still not completely back to the confidence level that is needed.”