Wenger dissuades Gunners’ goading of Adebayor

ARSENE WENGER has called on Arsenal fans and players alike not to target Emmanuel Adebayor when the controversial former Gunners striker returns to the Emirates Stadium this evening.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is confident the £25 million (€28 million) summer signing has learnt the lessons of past mistakes and will keep the focus purely on the football against his old club.

Adebayor was handed a three-match ban for raking his studs down the face of Arsenal forward Robin van Persie following an ill-advised goal celebration — an action which resulted in a suspended two-game sanction and a £25,000 (€25,000) fine from the FA — when he raced the full length of the field to slide right in front of the Gunners’ supporters during the clash at Eastlands back in September.