Mertesacker confident Arsenal can handle the pressure in the FA Cup
Per Mertesacker is confident Arsenal can handle the pressure of being favourites to make the FA Cup final ahead of their semi-final with Reading on Saturday.
The Gunners almost lost at the same stage last season to Championship side Wigan before a late Mertesacker equaliser paved the way for the north Londoners to win the tie on penalties and reach the final.
“We felt [pressure] last season a lot. No one expected us to lose, for Wigan to go through and that will be the case again,” Mertesacker told Mirror Online.
“We are more prepared but you are never perfectly prepared.”
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