Arsene Wenger rails against ‘depressing’ questions

It’s already been a frustrating season that has seen so many problematic staples of recent Arsenal campaigns - questions over transfers, an injury crisis in a key position, defeat to Chelsea - but yesterday offered something new from a very frustrated Arsene Wenger.

The 65-year-old threatened to walk out of his Friday press conference ahead of tomorrow’s home game with Manchester United, after a series of questions about the decision to select David Ospina over Petr Cech for the 3-2 Champions League defeat to Olympiakos culminated in the Arsenal boss being asked about Jose Mourinho’s recent allegation that he is the “only manager not under pressure”.

Wenger snapped, and then went on a rant about a “very, very boring” and “depressing” media, who lack creativity. Beyond the eye-catching headlines from it, the exchange is intriguing, especially for when and how it came. Wenger has clearly been feeling some pressure as his team face up the possibility of going out of the Champions League at the opening round for the first time since 2000 - coincidentally enough, from a group that featured Louis van Gaal’s Barcelona - but that only seemed a minor factor in his irritation.