WATCH: Angry Arsene Wenger threatens to walk out of media conference after ‘boring’ criticism
Under-pressure Arsenal boss was speaking ahead of top-of-the-table showdown with Manchester United on Sunday
Arsene Wenger on Friday launched a scathing attack on Arsenal’s “boring” critics and threatened to walk out of a press conference when questioned about Jose Mourinho.
I think you lack a bit of creativity in the press at the moment, that you follow a bandwagon that is very, very, very, very boring.
Wenger’s side suffered an embarrassing 3-2 defeat at home to Olympiakos on Tuesday, when stand-in goalkeeper David Ospina dropped a corner into his own net to leave the Gunners in danger of being eliminated from the Champions League.
Arsenal, who next face a double-header against group F leaders Bayern Munich, came in for heavy criticism from both fans and pundits alike, with former Manchester United captain Roy Keane labelling the team as “weak” and “soft”.
But Wenger refused to accept the abuse in silence and launched an unusually impassioned defence of his team and his tactics when he faced the media at his press conference on Friday ahead of Sunday’s clash against Manchester United.
The Gunners boss was especially animated when defending his decision to select Ospina ahead of the vastly experienced Petr Cech against Olympiakos.
“You come to the game, you judge the game and you assess if I am right or wrong. I never critiqued that, I accept your judgement of how the team played and your assessment, but I don’t have to give you all the information I have to make my decisions,” Wenger told reporters.