• Striker scored 28th league of season in 1-1 draw with Stoke
• Wenger: 'It is difficult to change before the end of the season'
Arsène Wenger has admitted Arsenal have been over-reliant on Robin van Persie this season and claimed there was little he could do to change that for the club's final two games of their Premier League campaign.
Van Persie scored his 28th league goal of the season in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Stoke, which left Arsenal four points clear of fourth-placed Tottenham having played a game more.
"There are two games to go. We have been a bit over-reliant on him, I concede that," said the Frenchman. "But it is difficult to change that before the end of the season."
"We'll see how important this point [against Stoke] is at the end of the season. I knew that Newcastle were losing [against Wigan], so in the last 20 minutes I thought it was important not to lose the game. We had a good game defensively. We had some great fluency in the first half. In the second half, we did not create enough anymore. I don't know if it was because Stoke defended better or we were tired.
"It was a valuable point because we showed battling qualities we have not always shown here."
Arsenal were on Monday assessing the extent of the thigh problem picked up by injury-plagued midfielder Abou Diaby at the Britannia Stadium amid fears he could miss their final two games. Read More
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