Arsene Wenger has often been criticised for being stubborn and not changing his tactics to a more defensive style of play.

However, in the Daily Star, the boss has defended his use of attacking football, pointing out how we’ve won the Premier League before by playing it and no one questioned it then.

“Why not? We have done it before. Manchester United have won it playing that way. Plenty of teams have done it. It’s not necessarily the type of game you play, it is how well you play it. For example, you don’t question Barcelona about the way they play football,” Wenger said.

Wenger has spoken before about needing quality all over the pitch, explaining how this is how you win games. If you’re lacking in one area, you can’t be successful and he knows this.

Although people may see him as too set in his ways when it comes to playing beautiful football, as a fan, I’ve also seen him adapt his style of play to suit the modern game. The football our team plays now is different to the type the Invincibles, for example, played, but it’s no less pleasing to the eye.

Wenger added, “When they started this way you questioned, ‘Are they not too naive?’. But when they win you don’t question it of course.”

As the manager also pointed out, when this style of play is successful, no one has any issues with it. Only when it’s not so successful, is it questioned.