Gunners great thrilled with returnFrance midfielder Robert Pires has expressed his happiness to be back on the pitch following his serious knee injury at the start of the current Spanish season.
Pires, who was injured before he had the chance to play a league match for his new club Villareal, told Marca: "I was really pleased to have played again after so long out. I was really looking forward to it,"
"The disappointment was that we were only able to draw the match. We lost two points rather than earning one.
"It will be difficult, but I think we've got the quality and we can fight for a (Uefa) place."
"The disappointment was that we were only able to draw the match. We lost two points rather than earning one.
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