Source: PA
We can't win - Wenger
Arsene Wenger accepts some people will always claim Arsenal are "wrong" - no matter how he tries to approach the game.
The Gunners boss found himself on the defensive following Jack Wilshere's red card in the 2-1 win over Birmingham at Emirates Stadium, having used his programme notes to again call for a clampdown on reckless challenges.
Wenger maintains Wilshere's tackle was merely mistimed, but knows full well there will be more than one or two who revel in some schadenfreude at his expense.
"No matter what we do, it is wrong," Wenger said. "If we get kicked the whole game and do not reply, people say we are too soft.
"I don't believe we are too soft. We showed that at Chelsea where we were not dominated physically at all. On the contrary, we dominated that game physically, so we are not too soft.
"I tell my players to play football. I can influence my players with the vision I have of the game, but I cannot influence what people say about us. If you respond every time to the judgement of others you go one day north, the next day south, then east, then west and players don't know where you are going any more."
