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Arsene Wenger is not worried by Arsenal's lack of goals - and backed his team to start scoring once again.
Arsenal host Fulham tomorrow looking to extend a 14-match unbeaten run following the midweek Champions League win over Roma. However, they have not scored a goal in the Barclays Premier League for three successive matches, while the last time they hit the net at home was back on January 10 against Bolton Wanderers.
"We do not put any special pressure on a guy who misses a goal chance," Wenger said. "The bigger you make a problem, the bigger it becomes. We remind them they have the quality.
"I remember teams who concede goals in the final five minutes and the more you say to them 'we don't want to concede goals in the last five minutes', the more it becomes a problem and the more you concede goals.
"So you just have to be natural, spontaneous and believe in what you do and your ability."
Nicklas Bendtner - in the starting XI following injury to Emmanuel Adebayor and Eduardo - was guilty of missing a golden chance against Roma, when he hit the ball over from the crossbar inside the six-yard box with the goal at his mercy.
Wenger, though, insisted he would be more worried were his frontmen not getting themselves in the positions to score. "He is 21 years old, playing at the top level and creating chances. The problem at that level is if you don't create chances," he said. "He wants to work and he is becoming very professional."
Wenger accepts most teams will come to Emirates Stadium in determined mood not to be beaten, and insists it should make his men more focused on overcoming such an approach. "It is not down to the opponent to give us an opening and we do not have any influence on any opponent's behaviour," he said. "It is down to us to find an opening and be creative enough to punish the teams who refuse to play and to win the games."
Wenger maintains his side have what it takes to force themselves back into the top four over the remainder of the campaign. "In football, nothing is unthinkable, but I am confident we will make the Champions League," he said. "There are 12 games to go. If we keep our consistency, spirit and attitude, and our focus, we will make it.
"I never consider failure. With the potential of our players and everything at the club, I have more reasons to be an optimist than a pessimist."
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