After defeat to Leeds United, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has played down Denilson's criticism of Cesc Fabregas's captaincy.
According to reports of a TV interview in Brazil, Denilson had said that Fabregas is not "a born leader" but Wenger questioned that translation and said his captain was "an outstanding leader".
The Arsenal manager said: "That once again is coming back from Brazil and is not at all the spirit of the comment that was made. Either you have bad translators in England or good translators with a bad spirit.
"They [Denilson and Fabregas] are two very good friends and have a lot of respect for each other.
"Cesc Fabregas is our captain and Robin van Persie our vice-captain and we have many leaders in our team and we are very happy with our captain - Samir was our captain tonight.
"We have a shared leadership in our team but I believe Fabregas is an outstanding leader, especially when you consider he's 23 years old, with personality and character, and Van Persie as well.
"I believe what is important in the way we want to play football is that everyone takes responsibility."
