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Summary Wenger's side were unconvincing in their victory over newly-promoted Swansea.
Arsene Wenger admits it was vital Arsenal returned to winning ways as the Gunners recovered from their humiliation at the hands of Manchester United by beating Swansea 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium.Wengers side were unconvincing in their victory over newly-promoted Swansea on Saturday, secured thanks to a 41st minute goal from Andrey Arshavin after an error by visiting keeper Michael Vorm.But the result brought the Gunners their first win of the Premier League season and helped recover a little of the confidence lost in the demoralising 8-2 mauling they received at Old Trafford.Wenger admitted his side still has a long way to go before they can claim to have put the disappointing start to the campaign behind them and admitted his players had been gripped by nerves.But with five new faces in his squad following three days of hectic business in the final moments of the transfer deadline, he is convinced Arsenal can now look forward from a position of strength.It was vital for us to win the game, Wenger said. I think we started quite well and slowly the nerves took over and we played restrictive in the second half.Its not often that you see us pass the ball back to our goalkeeper from halfway so you could see that in the second half.We just wanted to get over the line and not make a mistake. Because we didnt get that second goal we always knew if we made a mistake we dont win a game we had absolutely to win.The nerves are not a deeper problem. When you dont win you have a deep problem, thats for sure, the longer it lasts, the deeper the problem becomes. And as soon as you win things are different.With Per Mertesacker and Mikel Arteta making their full debuts and Andre Santos, Yossi Benayoun and Park Chu-Young on the bench, Wenger now has more options, especially with Gervinho and Alex Song set to return for this weeks Champions League trip to face Borussia Dortmund.
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