Arsenal boss
Arsene Wenger accepts it has to
be his players that inspire the Emirates crowd - and not the other
way round.
After victory over Portsmouth, Wenger said: "I never expected it the
other way round. At some places there are exceptions like up north
at Celtic or Rangers where the fans are a bit more fanatical.
But in a big city like London you have to accept that the waves
have to come from the team and they have to get the people off
their seats, not the other way round.
"When that doesn’t happen maybe the vibes coming out of the team
are not right. People maybe cannot always explain what is happening
in the team but they sense that if the whole team is right or not.
Last year we did not give enough belief to our fans that we could
win. And as well maybe the belief of our fans has been affected by
the negative publicity we got."