Source: Eurosport
Gunners need to toughen up - Hughes
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has warned Arsene Wenger he will win nothing with pretty football.[LNB]Two weeks after he accused Manchester United of playing "anti-football" against the Gunners at Old Trafford, Wenger takes his team across town to Eastlands, where old boys Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure lie in wait.[LNB]Wenger once accused Hughes of rearing a side that "had an appetite for violence" when the Welshman was boss at Blackburn and judging by his most recent remarks, the Gunners chief's views on teams who do not play the pure brand of football he believes in have not changed.[LNB]Yet Hughes is unconvinced that teams can be successful without a harder edge to their game, using his own team as an example to prove the point.[LNB]"Arsene has a fantastic philosophy. Everybody in football appreciates it," said Hughes. "We are trying to reach the heights he has reached. They have players who can win games with a flash of inspiration.[LNB]"I know we have the capability to play football as expansive and creative as Arsenal. But you can't be successful if you just have that kind of player. Last season was an illustration. At times we played fantastic flowing, open football. But against certain other types of teams we could not compete."
