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Arsenal boss Wenger admits using Tottenham lessons to plan for AC Milan

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits he's been taking lessons from Tottenham on how to beat Champions League opponents AC Milan.

Arsenal's North London rivals secured a narrow 1-0 victory at the San Siro through a late goal by Peter Crouch, before the two sides played out a goalless draw in the second leg.

Wenger has watched both matches but wants the Gunners to take the game to Milan on Wednesday night.

"I have seen [that game], yes," he told arsenal.com. "Milan had a lot of the ball and Tottenham caught them on the break at the end of the game.

"You never decide when you break, you break when you can. It was a game which was vastly dominated, especially in the second half, by Milan.

"We will not decide at the start of the game that we will sit in our half if we have to, like Tottenham did. We will do it and then try to catch them on the break.

"But at the start we will try to get out of our own half and try to get up there and play. Spurs won the game when they were dominated, but that is football today."

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