Thursday 11 December 2014 00:03, UK
Aaron Ramsey says Arsenal’s victory over Galatasaray in the Champions League was for under-fire manager Arsene Wenger.
Ramsey scored a sensational 30-yard strike to help the Gunners book their place in the last-16 with a 4-1 victory in Istanbul.
At the weekend Wenger came in for some fierce personal criticism from the club's own supporters, who waited for the team to board the train back to London following defeat to Stoke.
Ramsey, who netted Arsenal’s second before his wonder goal, felt the squad owed their under-fire manager a response out in Turkey.
"Every player here wants to work hard for him, we have proven that again here," said the midfielder.
"He has been under some unfair criticism, but we are all out there, are in it together. We wanted to get the result for us and for him.
"Whenever we go into a game, he knows our qualities, always believes in us and gives us a great feeling.
"Every time we go out there we are representing ourselves, our club and our manager."
Ramsey now hopes his wonder strike can now spark a run which kick-starts Arsenal’s domestic campaign.
"I am getting sharper in every game, am feeling good and hopefully now I can play my part as they team go on a run," said Ramsey, who scored his first goal since the end of August at Stoke.
"That is the thing we need to do now.
"We have a busy couple of weeks coming up now and hopefully we can take full advantage of them, and hopefully take maximum points throughout December."
Ramsey, who expects to shake off a tight hamstring for Saturday's visit of in-form Newcastle, had remained modest in his initial post-match reaction on Tuesday night.
But having seen the sublime finish replayed over and over again, the Wales midfielder hailed the goal as the best of his career so far.
"I have always got into goalscoring positions, but now I have found my composure more in front of goal," he said.
"As soon as I hit it, I thought it had a chance of going in and thankfully it went into the top corner.
"(Of my other goals before) I liked the volley at Norwich (in the final match of the last Premier League season), probably that one (was my favourite).
"But I have seen this goal back now, and it is definitely the best I have scored."
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