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Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger Accuses Manchester United Of Playing 'Anti-Football'
The Gunners' boss is still fuming over the result at Old Trafford and has branded the Red Devils as a team that employs negative tactics...
31-Aug-2009 12:29:40 PM
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is unhappy with the 2-1 loss against Manchester United and has branded the hosts' style of play as "anti-football".
Andrey Arshavin gave the Gunners the go-ahead goal before the break, but a penalty conceded by Manuel Almunia followed by an own-goal from Abou Diaby allowed the home side to snatch the three points.
"I have seen a player who plays on the pitch only to make fouls," Wenger is quoted by ESPNStar as saying, possibly referring to the 'energetic' Darren Fletcher.
"For me, this is a point that is more urgent than diving."
The Frenchman then compared the physical approach of the Red Devils to the alleged dive by Eduardo in the Champions League play-off game against Celtic.
"The players who are never punished, who get out of the game without a yellow card, I think it is more anti-football than a player who did what Eduardo did," Wenger fumed.
"Look at how many deliberate fouls some players get away with. That's a bigger problem because it cuts the flow of the game. And people pay to see football, not free-kicks."
The manager was sent off during the dying moments of the game at Old Trafford for kicking a bottle when a goal by Robin van Persie was disallowed for offside.
Presently, Wenger is set to receive an apology after League Managers' Association chief executive Richard Bevan called the decision to send the manager off as "completely out of context".
Adithya Ananth, Goal.com
Andrey Arshavin gave the Gunners the go-ahead goal before the break, but a penalty conceded by Manuel Almunia followed by an own-goal from Abou Diaby allowed the home side to snatch the three points.
"I have seen a player who plays on the pitch only to make fouls," Wenger is quoted by ESPNStar as saying, possibly referring to the 'energetic' Darren Fletcher.
"For me, this is a point that is more urgent than diving."
The Frenchman then compared the physical approach of the Red Devils to the alleged dive by Eduardo in the Champions League play-off game against Celtic.
"The players who are never punished, who get out of the game without a yellow card, I think it is more anti-football than a player who did what Eduardo did," Wenger fumed.
"Look at how many deliberate fouls some players get away with. That's a bigger problem because it cuts the flow of the game. And people pay to see football, not free-kicks."
The manager was sent off during the dying moments of the game at Old Trafford for kicking a bottle when a goal by Robin van Persie was disallowed for offside.
Presently, Wenger is set to receive an apology after League Managers' Association chief executive Richard Bevan called the decision to send the manager off as "completely out of context".
Adithya Ananth, Goal.com
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