Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has sympathy for Manchester City counterpart Manuel Pellegrini.

The Chilean will leave City at the end of this season to be replaced by Pep Guardiola.

He has been criticised in the wake of his side's Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid this week, but Wenger says he holds him in great regard.

“He has shown great dignity and human qualities," the Frenchman said this morning.

“He is respected by everybody."