Arsenal are brave, rages Wenger
Updated on 05 November 2008
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger defends his team against claims they are too weak - and describes tough-tackling opponents as "cowards".
The Arsenal boss - whose side lost 2-0 at Stoke last weekend - said some of the Potters' players were deliberately trying to injure his players.
"For me it is the team that tries to play football which is brave, not the person who goes in from behind with the tough tackle.
"When you question the character of my team, I say it is the team that tries to play football which is brave."
Striker Nicholas Bendtner said Arsenal needed to get back to winning ways against Fenerbahce in the Champions League tonight.
He said: "What happened in the Spurs and Stoke games happened - and we have to get on with it.
"If we win the next few games we will come out of this stronger."
