Arsene Wenger Calls Criticism Of Arsenal A ‘Farce’

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reacts to critics.

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Arsenal was ahead 3-0 against Anderlecht in Champions League play, before giving up the lead and succumbing to a 3-3 draw. That had critics questioning manager Arsene Wenger’s attacking philosophy, but he is hitting back at those notions.

“You have to defend well and attack well. Why should you stop playing one of the aspects of the game. These debates that I hear are absolutely a joke, a farce,” Wenger said, via Sky Sports.

“People who have managed zero games but they teach everybody how we should behave, it is a farce and honestly I can’t be upset about it. It doesn’t matter to me. Talk what you want.

“What is amazing is that when we concede goals two and three against Anderlecht we were never outnumbered. When we conceded the third goal we had nine players in our half.

“You feel people criticise without any proven fact, just because they like to criticise. It is more bitterness than real objective facts.

“The first goal turned the game and that is where you see that people just want to slaughter (you). Nobody speaks about the fact that the goal was offside, not one person.

“The criticism? If I really cared would I have survived 18 years? The answer is there. What I care about is that the players are punished or criticised in an unjustified way.

“You cannot say you don’t care because everybody prefers to be told that he is great. Time tells you that you are never as great as people say and you’re never as stupid as they say.”

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reacts to critics.

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