Jens Lehmann, Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper since the 2003/04 season seems to have lost his first-choice status at the club after 2 high-profile errors in Arsenal's first two league games. He was taken out due to a reported injury, and his replacement, Manuel Almunia, seems to have played the better of the two in his absence. The veteran shot-stopper was recently backed by Germany coach Joachim Löw to play as the first-choice international 'keeper, but his position at the club has been called into question.Nonetheless, Lehmann, who reportedly sought a move away from Arsenal during the summer, remains confident that he is still the best goalie at Arsenal, and had no qualms telling this to the press.
"I feel I am the number one at Arsenal and Germany, although I know I have to train hard every day to justify this.
"I have not played recently because I could not play," he said. "If I am injured, then obviously another man plays.
"If he is a superman who stops everything, then I may not play again, but from experience, I know I have played constantly and I am not worried that I will not play again when I am fit."
He also displayed some of his characteristic temper in an outburst towards the press in which he said: "Your interpretation really annoys me."You write something and then you read it again and think that you were right, so then you ask me what I think of it.
"Don't ask me how I should interpret your interpretation.
"You were in England (for Germany's game against England last month) and have read the English press, which I don't read. If I did read it, then I would go crazy.
"The English exaggerate everything and how can you understand such an interpretation?"