Arsenal are the most fouled, most punished and least guilty: Wenger hits back

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Hatchet Man today offered 72 reasons why the Gunners are more sinners than sinned against and Wenger, furious over the horrific injury Eduardo suffered against Birmingham last weekend, claims he always tells his side to play the game in a fair way but does not feel that the opposition are always doing the same.

Wenger said: "In the last three years we have been the team who has been fouled the most in the league, we have been the team who have made the least fouls and we have been the team punished more than any team in the league.

"I do not want to go into what is right or wrong. We try to play in a fair way.

"If it is a pure accident you cannot change anything. All the numbers are available. The teams who made the most fouls, there is a consistency there.

"I do not want to single one incident out but I believe there some teams that commit more fouls than others. There is a consistency there.

"I do not want to single one incident out but I believe there are some teams that commit more fouls than others. On our side, we just try to be fair and after that we just want the right protection from the referees.

"If a team commits three times more fouls as the other team, there is three times the chance that an accident like that [Eduardo] will happen.

"I do not ask for any special treatment at all, but the referees need to find an answer. We want to achieve something and now there is one more reason to do that for Eduardo."

Wenger also refused to exonerate Martin Taylor for the tackle that broke Eduardo's leg and dislocated his ankle.

In the aftermath of last Saturday's match, Arsenal boss Wenger called for Taylor, who was sent off for the incident, to be banned for life, although he later retracted the comments.

But, today, Wenger said: "Only Martin Taylor knows what he has done and why he has tackled like that.

"At the end of the day it is his problem and he will have to live with that. It's the kind of thing you do not want to see on a football pitch."

Taylor had claimed that the Arsenal manager's initial reaction had made the situation worse for him.

He said: "It (Wenger's words) hasn't changed my view because I know it was an accident. But it has affected the way people react to it."

Meanwhile, the London Evening Standard claimes it was David Dein who persuaded Alisher Usmanov to publicly confirm that he has no current intention of an Arsenal takeover.

The former vice-chairman told the Russian billionaire and his business partner Farhad Moshiri that continued speculation over their motives could damage results at a crucial point in the season.