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Arsène Wenger has accepted that he risked pushing Arsenal towards crisis by dressing down his players at half-time against Liverpool with the ultimate football insult. He told them that they were "not fit to wear the shirt" after their first-half display at Anfield on Sunday, when they might have trailed by more than one goal. They rallied, though, to win 2-1 and will travel with optimism to Burnley tonight, for what Wenger has said is the sort of fixture Premier League champions must win.
"Of course it can always go the other way and you can lose 6‑1," the manager said of the risks associated with a half-time rollicking. "Then it's a crisis; it is like that. We live on a volcano."
Those who know Wenger best have suggested that the only time he has been as angry during a half-time interval was in February 2001 at Manchester United, and trailing 5-1. They would go on to lose the match 6-1. "I lose it in the big games," Wenger said, with a smile.
"Of course it can always go the other way and you can lose 6‑1," the manager said of the risks associated with a half-time rollicking. "Then it's a crisis; it is like that. We live on a volcano."
Those who know Wenger best have suggested that the only time he has been as angry during a half-time interval was in February 2001 at Manchester United, and trailing 5-1. They would go on to lose the match 6-1. "I lose it in the big games," Wenger said, with a smile.
