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Arsenal Boss Arsene Wenger Blasts 'Unfair' English Press For Twisting His Chelsea Comments
Frenchman fed up with negative spin...
| Bet: | Returns: | Milan £20.50 | Draw £32.50 | Arsenal £36.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Milan £21.00 | Draw £31.00 | Arsenal £37.50 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Milan £21.00 | Draw £32.50 | Arsenal £37.50 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Milan £21.00 | Draw £34.00 | Arsenal £36.00 |
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| Bet: | Returns: | Milan £21.00 | Draw £34.00 | Arsenal £38.00 |
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Feb 9, 2010 11:34:00 AM
By Zack Wilson
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has responded angrily to suggestions that he was negative about Chelsea's style of play following the Gunners' defeat by their London rivals at the weekend.
Blues midfielder Michael Ballack was angry that Wenger implied that Chelsea were merely a very efficient outfit whose style of football was limited and uninspiring.
The Frenchman feels that the English media have once again wilfully misinterpreted his post-match comments for their own ends.
"I just would like to say that I was full of compliments and praise for Chelsea after the game and I find it completely unfair from the press that you take one word of my press conference to turn it every time," he told reporters at another press conference today.
"You did that at Villa, you did that at Chelsea and every time if you look at the intent of my press conference it was positive towards the opponent.
"If you want, I can say nothing in my press conferences as well, don't worry. As for the rest, I've been long enough in England to know that the team who wins can say what they want - they are right.
"It's my job to take a distance from that and analyse the game in a calm way with a cold head and to analyse what is right and wrong."
One problem that many Gunners fans are crying out for Wenger to solve is the lack of a target man up front who can hold play up and won't be out-muscled by opposing centre-backs.
Wenger admits that his club did try to sign strikers but failed in their attempts. Now they must live with that and keep battling until the end of the campaign.
"You know that we try to sign players but it didn't work and you have to accept that we lost strikers," he added.
"Unfortunately we've got three strikers out with [Nicklas] Bendtner just coming back, Eduardo out and [Robin] van Persie out.
"The coincidence of the fixtures is that you lose one player he loses three big games. You have to accept that as well. I believe that we promised ourselves to fight until the last game of the season. There are as well a lot of positives in the last game that we have to take out of that and to continue to fight until the last second of this season.
"That is what I will do and what my players will do. But at the moment again everyone is negative with Arsenal, we have to live with that and we have to prove them wrong."
One player who has been linked repeatedly with the Gunners in recent times is Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh.
Wenger would neither confirm nor deny whether his club were still talking to the forward, who is free to discuss summer moves as his contract has entered its last six months.
"I believe he talks to too many clubs, but he's entitled to," he grinned.
"We are talking to nobody, we are focusing on tomorrow's game [at home to Liverpool]. He is free to sign where he wants. I cannot interfere in that.
"What is important is that we win tomorrow and that we focus on that. We'll see who wins the title.
"I believe that there is a long way to go. We still have 13 games to play and 39 points to take, and tomorrow's three of them, so let's try to win tomorrow."
Meanwhile, Wenger also revealed that the Gunners, now third in the Premier League, had not been hit by any more injuries ahead of Wednesday night's visit of fourth-placed Liverpool.
"We will check that this morning before training but we have no big injury," he explained.
Blues midfielder Michael Ballack was angry that Wenger implied that Chelsea were merely a very efficient outfit whose style of football was limited and uninspiring.
The Frenchman feels that the English media have once again wilfully misinterpreted his post-match comments for their own ends.
"I just would like to say that I was full of compliments and praise for Chelsea after the game and I find it completely unfair from the press that you take one word of my press conference to turn it every time," he told reporters at another press conference today.
"You did that at Villa, you did that at Chelsea and every time if you look at the intent of my press conference it was positive towards the opponent.
"If you want, I can say nothing in my press conferences as well, don't worry. As for the rest, I've been long enough in England to know that the team who wins can say what they want - they are right.
"It's my job to take a distance from that and analyse the game in a calm way with a cold head and to analyse what is right and wrong."
One problem that many Gunners fans are crying out for Wenger to solve is the lack of a target man up front who can hold play up and won't be out-muscled by opposing centre-backs.
Wenger admits that his club did try to sign strikers but failed in their attempts. Now they must live with that and keep battling until the end of the campaign.
"You know that we try to sign players but it didn't work and you have to accept that we lost strikers," he added.
"Unfortunately we've got three strikers out with [Nicklas] Bendtner just coming back, Eduardo out and [Robin] van Persie out.
"The coincidence of the fixtures is that you lose one player he loses three big games. You have to accept that as well. I believe that we promised ourselves to fight until the last game of the season. There are as well a lot of positives in the last game that we have to take out of that and to continue to fight until the last second of this season.
"That is what I will do and what my players will do. But at the moment again everyone is negative with Arsenal, we have to live with that and we have to prove them wrong."
One player who has been linked repeatedly with the Gunners in recent times is Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh.
Wenger would neither confirm nor deny whether his club were still talking to the forward, who is free to discuss summer moves as his contract has entered its last six months.
"I believe he talks to too many clubs, but he's entitled to," he grinned.
"We are talking to nobody, we are focusing on tomorrow's game [at home to Liverpool]. He is free to sign where he wants. I cannot interfere in that.
"What is important is that we win tomorrow and that we focus on that. We'll see who wins the title.
"I believe that there is a long way to go. We still have 13 games to play and 39 points to take, and tomorrow's three of them, so let's try to win tomorrow."
Meanwhile, Wenger also revealed that the Gunners, now third in the Premier League, had not been hit by any more injuries ahead of Wednesday night's visit of fourth-placed Liverpool.
"We will check that this morning before training but we have no big injury," he explained.
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