Arsenal's draw together with Manchester City should restore each of our belief, says manager Arsene Wenger.

The Gunners earned a place at the Etihad Stadium when Laurent Koscielny made it 1-1 eight minutes from time but it really was the least they deserved, particularly after largely dominating the very first half.

They were made to purchase a defensive lapse in the actual 40th minute when Vito Mannone flapped at the corner and Joleon Lescott went in, but Arsenal kept pressing and could even have won it had Gervinho made one of the most of a late opening.

The doom-mongers were predicting some sort of season of struggle for Arsenal whenever they sold Robin van Persie to Manchester United inside the summer and also saw crucial midfielder Alex Song leave, nonetheless they are yet to lose and possess picked up nine points by five games.

Wenger said with the result: "I'm pleased because I am it was the minimum we deserved. I'm pleased as well with the caliber of our performance and our soul. I'm a bit frustrated because I am there was room to do more.

"We had early chances and lastly very late chances, especially the possibility of Gervinho at the edge with the box where we missed the target.


"But overall I hope the game will reinforce our belief, our confidence and reassure us about our potential within this league. "

City manager Roberto Mancini was considerably less happy with his side's 3rd draw from five games, which came five days whenever they suffered a last-gasp defeat by Real Madrid inside their opening Champions League game.

The Italian is specially concerned his side have not really yet kept a clean published, with Koscielny's strike the seventh they've conceded in the league witout a doubt.

Mancini said: "I'm very sorry to the players because it was complicated after Madrid but I'm worried because we conceded a mission. We need to improve and we should instead work.

"In the last several games we've conceded three aims from set-pieces. This can't occur. I'm frustrated but the players are frustrated with this. If you want to get, clean sheets are important. inches

The result left City inside seventh, four points behind commanders Chelsea and three adrift of Manchester United, and Mancini urged his team to ignore last season.

He said: "What we did has finished – it is history. Now we are like other teams and I don't like that we drew three games. Probably we're missing two points, from the game against Stoke maybe. inches

Mancini, though, shrugged off an incident following game where he appeared to be able to push striker Mario Balotelli, some sort of late substitute, down the canal.

He admitted the Italy forward may well be unhappy about his lack of playing time, but said: "I don't remember what happened following game. I don't know if they was asking me something – it turned out not important. Tomorrow I'll inquire him. "