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FormerEngland captain Gary Lineker has taken to Twitter to blast ‘arrogant and patronising’ Arsene Wenger after the Frenchman\u2019s BBC interview.<\/p>\n
The Arsenal boss was dismissive during an interview with the BBC and told reporter Jacqui Oatley “You don’t listen very well to me.”<\/p>\n
Wenger was speaking after his side’s 2-2 draw with Hull, which has left the Gunners with just two wins from eight games and already 11 points off league leaders Chelsea.<\/p>\n
Former Tottenham forward Lineker said: “Must say, I thought Arsene Wenger was arrogant, defensive and patronising to Jacqui Oatley in the face of excellent and fair questioning.”<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s how the interview went:<\/p>\n
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Oatley : “So just be clear why you felt you didn’t win the game bearing in mind you said you dominated it?”<\/p>\n
Wenger: “You look at the numbers, look at the number of shots on goal, how many times did they come in our half and you will see that they defended well and [we] made it difficult for ourselves by giving them a second goal and we were a bit unlucky as well and the usual football game where one team defends and one attacks and the team who takes the initiative doesn\u2019t always win, especially when you are one goal behind it gives them morale to defend well and they did it well.<\/p>\n
Oatley: “You feel you didn\u2019t win the game because they didn\u2019t come out of their half enough?”<\/p>\n
Wenger: “I didn\u2019t say that, you don\u2019t listen really well to me.”<\/p>\n
Oatley: “Two wins from eight matches in the Premier League this season, who or what do you think is to blame for that?”<\/p>\n
Wenger: “Who is to blame? Why do you always want to blame people? We try our best and we can only look at ourselves and nobody else, I don\u2019t understand the question.”<\/p>\n
Oatley: “A lot of the Arsenal supporters are looking at the fact there wasn\u2019t another centre half or a defensive central midfielder signed in the summer, can you understand why they say that?”<\/p>\n
Wenger: “I can understand everything.”<\/p>\n
Oatley: “Are they correct in saying that\u2019s the reason why things are not going well at the moment?”<\/p>\n
Wenger: “Look you have to respect everybody\u2019s opinion. You have been at the game today I don\u2019t know why you come up with such a question when you have seen the game today. I don\u2019t think our problem was there today.”<\/p>\n
Oatley: “You said there was problem in defence with conceding too many goals\u2026”<\/p>\n
“Yes, but some other teams have bought many defenders and concede goals as well, I thinks it\u2019s more problem of concentration than of quality.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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