Arsene Wenger feels the bust-up between Emmanuel
Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner could improve Arsenal's togetherness
in the coming weeks.
Adebayor appeared to butt Bendtner when the two rowed during the
Gunners' 5-1 Carling Cup defeat to North London rivals Tottenham on
Tuesday.
Togo striker Adebayor has escaped any FA action for the incident
and Wenger has not disclosed whether there will be any internal
punishment.
The Arsenal manager is now keen to draw a line under the issue and
does not expect the matter to affect the team's charge for
honours.
Surprised
"Disagreements are part of the game and every single manager will
be surprised what has been made of that story," Wenger told the
club's official website. "But that is part of being at
Arsenal.
"Of course you want to deal with this internally. We want to know
what kind of incident happened, but we will deal with this without
any problem.
"We will even use this to be conscious of how much every incident,
even a minor one, can be interpreted on the outside and that will
even improve our togetherness inside the team."
Regarding any disciplinary measures to be taken against Adebayor,
Wenger said: "There is always action taken if it is needed. I
believe that from now on it is better for us not to talk too much
about it."
Meanwhile, Gunners midfielder Denilson will be out for up to four
weeks after suffering a hamstring injury in the defeat to Spurs at
White Hart Lane.
