Hull City boss Phil Brown says Arsenal's Arsene Wenger is wrong to criticise the physical approach of Stoke.

He said: "If you go back to the Bolton v Arsenal game at the Reebok Stadium, that tackle on Gael Clichy by Kevin Davies, there was nothing wrong with that, it was a physical challenge from a physical player.

"If you stamp that out of the game then the game's finished, we might as well all just enjoy tippy-tappy five-a-side."

Asked if Stoke went too far, he added: "Not at all. I saw a typical Stoke performance, and a typical Arsenal performance. There was nothing wrong with it at all."