TV personalities Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer and Danny Murphy have taken it in turns this season to criticise Arsenal and and claim they cannot win the league, despite their blistering start to the season.
But Wenger, who admitted to watching the show regularly, said he does not pay much attention to criticism from pundits who say nothing but negative things about Arsenal’s chances.
Ahead of their match against Hull this evening, Wenger insisted that his players are up for the game and want to prove their critics wrong.
“Sometimes I watch it (Match of The Day), sometimes not. Sometimes it’s just someone saying their opinion without an argument on something. That can make sense. But if it’s something based on hate or love, or just gut feeling then I just say, ‘Okay, it’s an opinion – he might be right, he might be wrong’,” said the Frenchman.
“Often, he [the pundit] doesn’t sustain his opinion by some work he has done to support that argument.
“Of course (I have gleaned things from a pundit) – if you make an article tomorrow saying, ‘I think Arsenal will win the championship because of that, this or that’ or ‘Arsenal will not win the championship because of something else. Look at these numbers or statistics, they always repeat the same mistake’ or offer something that is in there.
“If you just say, ‘Arsenal will win the championship’ or ‘Arsenal won’t win the championship because they haven’t won it for eight years’, then I think it’s just an opinion.
“When I arrived here, people explained I couldn’t win the title as I am foreign. Everybody has their own logic.
“I just think you win the title through your quality. If we didn’t win for eight years it is because we weren’t good enough in the important moments of the season. We have a good opportunity to show we are good enough, so let’s take it.”
One year ago today, Arsenal were 10th in the Premier League table with 21 points. This season they are four points clear at the top of the table with 31 points.
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