Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has enjoyed a pop at the Match Of The Day pundits with his team well clear at the top of the table. TV experts Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer and Danny Murphy have taken it in turns this season to claim that the Gunners cannot win the Premier League.
Wenger scoffed: Sometimes I watch it (Match of The Day), sometimes not. Sometimes it's just someone saying their opinion without an argument on something. That can make sense. But if it's something based on hate or love, or just gut feeling then I just say, 'Okay, it's an opinion - he might be right, he might be wrong.'
"Often, he [the pundit] doesn't sustain his opinion by some work he has done to support that argument.
"Of course (I have gleaned things from a pundit) - if you make an article tomorrow saying, 'I think Arsenal will win the championship because of that, this or that' or 'Arsenal will not win the championship because of something else. Look at these numbers or statistics, they always repeat the same mistake' or offer something that is in there.
"If you just say, 'Arsenal will win the championship' or 'Arsenal won't win the championship because they haven't won it for eight years', then I think it's just an opinion.
"When I arrived here, people explained I couldn't win the title as I am foreign. Everybody has their own logic.
"I just think you win the title through your quality. If we didn't win for eight years it is because we weren't good enough in the important moments of the season. We have a good opportunity to show we are good enough, so let's take it."
