Arsene Wenger was clearly not a happy bunny when he met with the press on Friday morning ahead of this weekend’s game against Manchester United at the Emirates.

The boss was asked about a number of hot topics as the press tried to get their headlines and keep the ‘spat’ between him and Jose Mourinho going – something the Chelsea manager is all too happy to indulge in but which Arsene seemingly wants no part of.

Asked about Mourinho’s latest comments, which claimed that Wenger is the only manager not under pressure, Le Prof threatened to walk out of the press conference if the media didn’t stop trying to press on the story.

He then continued to be irked by ongoing questioning regarding his goalkeeping selection telling the assembled journalists “You lack creativity in the press. You come back to the same story. You follow a bandwagon that is very, very, very boring.”

So was he right to get so annoyed at the line of questioning from the media?

Well, yes and no.

He’s clearly feeling the pressure after what was an awful result midweek and we all know that he doesn’t react well to losing.

But we also know with large sections of the media it is not about actual news but creating and continuing the soap opera which is exactly what they were attempting to do here.

I’ve often wished that he would just tell some of the journalists to shut up when they keep banging the same boring drum so I’m not going to complain too much now, although I do feel that he was a little out of order when it comes to the comments regarding David Ospina.

I understand that Wenger is a man who defends his players, often when absolutely no-one else would dare – referring to Ospina as ‘world class’ for instance would be one example of this.

“If you question Ospina, I question your knowledge of football,” Wenger said. “It is fantastic to know you have two good keepers in goal.

“People don’t analyse well. One pundit says something on TV and everyone follows. It’s depressing to read that.”

He may well see a different player in training but the one we see in matches is not a player who does not deserve to be questioned.

As for not wanting to indulge Jose Mourinho, that couldn’t be more understandable.