Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that Newcastle United tried to 'disrupt' the Gunners' 1-0 win against Megapies at St James' Park.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain shot was deflected into the net by Coloccini to give North London side a narrow victory.
Newcastle are searching for their first victory of the season, went one men down after Red Card to Aleksandar Mitrovic's Red Card fir a stamp on Francis Coquelin on 16th Minute.
Wenger: "It was a strange game to play away from home against 10. They defended well and it was hard to find space." #NUFCvAFC
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But Wenger believes that the Magpies adopted defensive tactics even before the Serbia international's red card."Newcastle wanted to stop us from playing and they tried that from the start," the Arsenal manager said.
"It was about patience and nerves. We needed not to rush our game and to wait for our chances and take one of them.
"Newcastle decided from the start to make the game quite physical, we had to keep our nerve and not become aggressive as well."
Asked about the red card for Mitrovic, a decision that attracted the ire of the home fans, Wenger insisted that he missed the incident during live play, but believes television replays suggest that challenge deserved a red card.
"Honestly during the game I didn’t see it," Wenger added.
"I’ve just seen it on television and he didn’t get the ball, it’s a red card.
"Did he do it on purpose? I don’t know.
"It was a strange game after that, they played 15 yards deeper with 10 against nine in the final third.
"We didn’t find the space and they defended well. We are happy in the end to win the three points."
Wenger, who dropped striker Olivier Giroud in favour of Theo Walcott, revealed that Arsenal would be in the market for an "exceptional player" as the end of the transfer wndow edges close.
"We are open if we find an exceptional player in any sector we will do it," Wenger revealed.
"Whether something will happen, I don’t know.
"I expected more space for Theo [Walcott] but after 15 minutes it was a different problem for us.
"There was no space behind their defenders."
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