Arsene Wenger has admitted that he was 'absolutely desperate' after his side threw away 1-0 leads to lose 2-1 in consecutive games, taking yet another dig at the standard of officiating in those games.
The Frenchman hit out at Mark Clattenburg's refereeing team after losing to Ronald Koeman'sEverton before claiming that both of Manchester City's goals against his Arsenal team were offside less than a week later -and that grudge seems not to have subsided yet.
Arsène Wenger, defender of the beautiful game, even for mascots  pic.twitter.com/E3SuJvIoM1
Asked bySky Sportsif he was frustrated with Chelsea pulling away in the title race, he said:"If you had lived with me for three days after the Man City game, you would have understood, and not have asked that question in fact, because I was absolutely desperate after these two games.
"We lost under very special circumstances as well, you know. It's the first time in 20 years that I lose a game with two offside goals of that stature. On top of that we were 1-0 up in both games, we had the chances to score the second goal and third goal.
"We had to analyse and make our own criticisms, and come back with more urgency defensively, because we gave two easy goals away.
"Of course [Chelsea's run brings more pressure]. Every time you drop points you are in danger. Secondly, you hope that somebody would stop them soon, because if they win all their games until the end of the season, nobody can catch them.
"I will say what we usually say in England; it's theirs to lose now. But the only way we can keep as close as possible is to focus on performances and come back to a consistent way."
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