Source: PA
Gunners are no soft touch - McLeish
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish maintains there is plenty of "steel" about Arsenal - as David Murphy's cut eye will testify.
The dismissal of Jack Wilshere during stoppage time in Saturday's 2-1 Barclays Premier League victory for the Gunners brought the hot topic of reckless challenges to the fore again.
While McLeish accepts there was no malice in Wilshere's mistimed, studs-up tackle on Birmingham goalscorer Nikola Zigic, the Blues boss dismissed suggestions Arsene Wenger's side were a soft touch.
"The Arsenal players can look after themselves," McLeish said. "The Fabregas' and Eboue's of this world, they are strong.
"You don't play at the top level without having a bit of steel in you. Murphy says he got a punch in the face. Whether it was deliberate, I don't know.
"He's got stitches. I saw the wound when he came off the pitch. I don't know who did it."
