Wenger in F-word rant
Leave me alone with that, for f***'s sake
Wenger said: "How is Fabregas? I don't know. We will
have to assess him tomorrow. But it was a bad tackle, one more. "He
got tackled at the knee, kicked just under the knee. We tried to
take him off but he said he was all right. "Am I suggesting there
were a lot of bad tackles? Leave me alone with that, for f***'s
sake.
"You are always looking for controversy, you do not
need me to tell you what happened on the pitch. "I can give you my
opinion about our game but you always create this controversy."
As regards whether Fabregas will be fit for the midweek
Champions League game with Barcelona, Wenger said: " I don't know.
We have to assess him tomorrow."
Wenger also felt that Phillips' equaliser, which
cancelled out a goal from substitute Samir Nasri , was offside. But
he admitted his team had enough opportunities to have wrapped up
the three points
He added: "It is disappointing and a big blow to our
title hopes because, in our position, we had to win all our games.
"The pitch was difficult to play on but in the second half we were
on top but then got caught at the end.
"Their goal was offside but in football you are never
finished when two teams fight to the end and we had enough chances
to have scored a second goal."
Birmingham manager Alex McLeish meanwhile insisted
Wenger was wrong to believe there was a vendetta against
Arsenal.
He said: "The tackle by Craig on Fabregas was robust. I
know what Arsene was getting at because if you follow through, even
if you have got the ball, then at that speed you can hurt a player.
"But there were similar tackles by the Arsenal players and you have
got to take it on the chin.
"I think we deserved it. It was a kick in the guts when
they went ahead with 10 minutes to go. "But again we showed that
never-say-die attitude and Kevin came up trumps again. "We have
been giving him a cameo role this season and it was the sort of
goal he has been getting all his career and he is a great credit to
his profession."
