Marcus: I'll Claim 'Half A Goal'

Marcus Allback produced an all-action return to Premiership action on Saturday and admitted: ：I tried to take out the frustrations of the season on Arsenal.；

The Swedish international ace, who scored two goals to sing Hungary last Wednesday, capped a memorable week with an impressive substitute appearance against The Gunners.

And, though Allback・s was not the decisive touch, his pressure was clearly a big factor as Kolo Toure sliced through his own goal for Villa・s deserved equaliser.

He said: ：It was a good week. Two goals for Sweden and ．half a goal・ against Arsenal on Saturday. It felt good and I・m just happy to be playing football again.

：It was nice to have 90 minutes with Sweden on Wednesday and I was definitely up for it. I・ve been wanting to play football for a long time and I think you saw that a little bit on Saturday.

：I haven・t played for a long time, so I・ve just been training hard and waiting for a chance. Now I・m looking forward to a nice month and a half to finish the season off.；

Allback continued: ：It worked well between myself and Darius. We talked a lot and we tried to stay close. You could probably see that I really wanted to play. I don・t know how many free-kicks I had given against me, too many I suppose. But it felt good and I felt we did well.

：Too bad the first goal went in. If we・d had the concentration on a maximum level, that wouldn・t have happened. But they are a good side and we were quite happy with a point.

：I think we have a really good squad and we・ve been a long way from getting the maximum out of each player this season. Not everyone played maximum on Saturday, but we did good.

：Against Manchester United recently, most of the players produced their maximum. That・s what we need to have every week.；

Having recently seen both main title contenders at first-hand, Allback concluded: ：It・s difficult to say who will win. United won 4-0 on Saturday and it・s going to be close. But I still think Arsenal are going to win it.；