Deflating the Wenger aura

Amid all the mind games and wars of words and controvassy and flashpoints we are treated to year in, year out in the Premier League, there is something unique and intriguing about this particular enmity.

If the UFC was to go down a different route, away from the tried and trusted formula of calling each other assholes, but still not ruling that prospect out altogether, this might just be the kind of psychodrama they’d come up with.

Wenger v Mourinho. It should be an open-and-shut case of frustration and supremacy. We are dealing here with a man who hasn’t beaten the other in 12 attempts, someone shunted to the shadows since the other slid onto centre stage on his knees.