Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger lost his rag after their 1-1 draw at Birmingham City.

Wenger had already expressed anger at the challenge by Blues midfielder Craig Gardner on Gunners skipper Cesc Fabregas, which left the Spain midfielder with a knee injury.

And he uttered a four-letter-word response when asked whether there had been more than one bad tackle during the 1-1 draw.

Wenger said: "How is Fabregas? I don't know. We will have to assess him tomorrow. But it was a bad tackle, one more.

"He got tackled at the knee, kicked just under the knee. We tried to take him off but he said he was all right.

"Am I suggesting there were a lot of bad tackles? Leave me alone with that, for f***'s sake.

"You are always looking for controversy, you do not need me to tell you what happened on the pitch. I can give you my opinion about our game but you always create this controversy."

As regards whether Fabregas will be fit for the midweek Champions League game with Barcelona, Wenger said: " I don't know. We have to assess him tomorrow."

Wenger also felt that Phillips' equaliser, which cancelled out a goal from substitute Samir Nasri , was offside. But he admitted his team had enough opportunities to have wrapped up the three points.

He said: "It is disappointing and a big blow to our title hopes because, in our position, we had to win all our games.

"The pitch was difficult to play on but in the second half we were on top but then got caught at the end.

"Their goal was offside but in football you are never finished when two teams fight to the end and we had enough chances to have scored a second goal."