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Cesc stunner: Arsenal lack maturity, a winning mentality

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has criticised teammates declaring they do not possess a "winning mentality". In an interview with Don Balon, Cesc expressed his frustration with Arsenal's failure to win trophies.

"It's difficult. For me it's more a lack of a winning mentality, also of maturity in key moments," he said.

"We have plenty of quality but lack this bit of confidence. The problem is that the team needs to win something. That's why it was so important to win the Carling Cup.

"We needed this cup to be able to believe in ourselves as a team. (Robin) Van Persie has won an FA Cup, as I have, but there's no more.

"Nobody in the team has won anything. We are missing that ability to say 'now I know what it is to win and I know what it takes to win'.

"That's what made the Arsenal team of 'The Invincibles' so strong, they knew how to win games, when to dig in, when to attack, they had a special intelligence to read games. Now we are very young."

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