Wenger: Arsenal aren’t embarrassed by Bradford defeat

Arsene Wenger has revealed he and his players aren’t embarrassed by their Capital One Cup defeat on penalties to Bradford City.

The Premier League side lost 3-2 on spot-kicks to the Bantams, who play in League Two, after they drew 1-1 after extra-time.

But their French manager has insisted his players gave it their all in what was a tough cup match at Valley Parade.

Wenger said: “It was a typical cup game on a difficult, but playable, pitch and overall we lost on penalties but I cannot fault the effort they put in. They gave everything until the last minute.

“I feel we gave a lot. We played with a very offensive team, what is disappointing is that basically over an hour we played with five strikers and couldn’t score but we created a lot of chances.

“It’s difficult to play this type of game. I know people will say it’s [against a team in] division four but a cup game is a cup game and in football you always have a chance if you give everything and they did that tonight.

“You feel embarrassed when you don’t give everything but I feel the team did that and they will be more disappointed and frustrated.”