McLeish: No Arsenal vendetta

Alex McLeish has insisted that Arsene Wenger is wrong to claim that there was a vendetta against Arsenal.

Wenger expressed his anger at Craig Gardner’s challenge on Cesc Fabregas, which left the Spaniard with a knee injury.

He said: “The tackle by Craig on Fabregas was robust. I know what Arsene was getting at because if you follow through, even if you have got the ball, then at that speed you can hurt a player.

“But there were similar tackles by the Arsenal players and you have got to take it on the chin.

“I certainly don’t think there is a big vendetta against Arsenal and people are not saying ‘let’s make bad tackles on them”‘.

He added: “I think we deserved it. It was a kick in the guts when they went ahead with 10 minutes to go.

“But again we showed that never-say-die attitude and Kevin came up trumps again.

“We have been giving him a cameo role this season and it was the sort of goal he has been getting all his career and he is a great credit to his profession.”

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