Wenger angry after Birmingham draw

(GSM) – Arsene Wenger was infuriated following his side’s draw with Birmingham. Wenger was particularly angered by a vicious first-half tackle by Blues’ winger Craig Gardner on Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas which left the Spaniard limping.

Wenger was disappointed and made his anger known when asked about Fabregas’ condition after the match. Wenger also indirectly claimed that Birmingham’s game plan was aggressive.

“How is Fabregas? I don’t know. But it was a bad tackle, one more. He got tackled at the knee, kicked just under the knee. We tried to take him off but he said he was all right.

“Am I suggesting there were a lot of bad tackles? Leave me alone with that, for f***’s sake.”

The Gunners’ tactician pointed out that the pitch was difficult to play on and claimed that the Blues’ equalizer was offside.

“The pitch was difficult to play on but in the second half we were on top but then got caught at the end.”

“Their goal was offside but in football you are never finished when two teams fight to the end and we had enough chances to have scored a second goal.”

Birmingham hit a bizarre equalizer in the closing moments of the match.The ball was fired into the box, cleared into the face of striker Kevin Phillips while Arsenal ‘keeper Manuel Almunia could only palm the ball into the air as he watched on as the ball dropped into the net.

The result leaves Manchester United on top of the Premier League table with 69 points while Chelsea lie second with 68 points and Arsenal sit third with 67 points.