Wenger issues rallying call

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has challenged his players to rise above the negativity surrounding the club’s disappointing start to the season and deliver the required performance in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie against Fenerbahce in Istanbul tonight.

Following the opening-day 3-1 home defeat by Aston Villa, heading to the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium with qualification for the lucrative group stages on the line is hardly ideal.