http://tinyurl.com/4gged4h（The Telegraph） Arsenal should hold on to sick feeling after Carling Cup defeat to Birmingham City Alan Smith Straight after a bad defeat, the dressing room will quite often resonate with bullish shouts. “Forget about it lads,” the manager might urge. “It’s gone now. Nothing we can do about it. Let’s start putting our minds to the next game.” 在重大比赛後，更衣室往往充斥着「让我们把注意力集中在下一场」的声音 As a rule, those sentiments would be sensible too. No point, after all, in crying over spilt milk. Stewing over poor displays can tear you apart. In this case, however, I would recommend that the Arsenal boys hold on to that sick feeling at the pit of their stomachs; remember how they felt as the Birmingham City players danced around Wembley, madly celebrating a win that was borne, in part, from sheer bloody-mindedness. 但这次，我希望枪手男孩们能记住伯明罕球员们在温布里跳舞庆贺的画面， 让胃里痛苦的翻腾停留久一些 Robin van Persie, Jack Wilshere et al must not let themselves forget, otherwise Sunday’s fiasco will serve no purpose at all. Lessons must be learned before it is too late. To use John Terry’s phrase, the team needs to ‘man up’ when the going gets tough. 范佩西、威尔希尔等人必须牢牢记住，否则这场失利就没有意义了 In short, an attitude like Birmingham’s wouldn’t go amiss, the sort epitomised by Roger Johnson who, calf strain or not, simply refused to come off despite hobbling about in a lot of pain. Team-mates can’t fail to be inspired by that kind of example. It tends to spread through the side like wildfire to lend a very doughty streak. And Arsène Wenger, in fairness, could do with some of that. He could improve his lot greatly by complimenting the silky football everyone admires with the sort of over-my-dead-body attitude all winners possess. If he can’t manage that sooner rather than later, Arsenal’s entire season, after promising so much, stands in mortal danger of fizzling out. 温格必须用「踩过我的屍体」的拼战精神与原本水银泻地的进攻模式结合 否则这赛季一切都将只是空谈 There was clearly something missing in the Carling Cup final. Yes, Arsenal carved out several good chances, only to be denied by some excellent goalkeeping. But for Ben Foster they would have surely won the game. 在决赛中，有些东西不见了 的确有些射门被漂亮地扑救出来，但既然面对的是本福斯特，还是应该能赢下比赛 Yet that should no be allowed to disguise the fact that, ultimately, Wenger’ s boys failed to respond to the occasion. Complacent? Nervous? It was difficult to tell, but when push came to shove, it was Alex McLeish’s players who produced their best as the strong favourites laboured under the weight of expectation. 是自满还是紧张？这很难说。但是麦克雷什的球员们表现的要比备受期待的枪手更好 That has to be worrying for everyone concerned. So has Wenger’s explanation that his team initially lacked sharpness due to fatigue, due to the number of games his players have recently faced. True or not, that kind of talk can be used as an excuse in a dressing room that, inevitably, will have lost some self-belief. 用比赛过多造成的疲劳当成藉口，反而无可避免地会让球员失去自信 Time for mental strength, then; to bounce back by recalling what got them here in the first place. How it came to pass that they beat Barcelona whilst maintaining a domestic squeeze on Manchester United. 是时候重新建立精神力量了，想想自己怎麽击败巴萨、如何在四大比赛中过关斩将 Clearly, there are plenty of plus points on which to cling. One miserable defeat cannot be allowed to undo all the good work. So starting with Wednesday ’s FA Cup fifth-round replay against Leyton Orient, Arsenal must kick on again with renewed enthusiasm. 一场失利不会抹煞一整季的努力与成果，枪手们必须在周三的比赛重新奋起 A good win at the Emirates followed by another when Sunderland visit on Saturday and the club can head for Barcelona with a little more optimism, especially if United slip up at Chelsea or Liverpool. 若能连续赢下两场主场，就能带着振奋的心情飞往巴塞隆纳，特别是曼联可能 输给切尔西和利物浦 But whatever happens, Arsenal should never forget Sunday’s bitter taste of defeat. It could actually be the making of this talented side. 但不管怎样，枪手们不能忘记周日的苦涩滋味，那是通往伟大的必经之路。 --

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