Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish says there's no chance of them roughing up Arsenal today.

Big Eck insists his players are too soft to be a bunch of kickers and thinks Wenger is simply playing mind games.

McLeish said: "We're not that type of team.

"You've got to tackle and you must challenge. But sometimes I think we can be a bit soft actually. I think we could be a little bit tougher.

"Every manager has got their different psychology and mind games that they play in the Press.

"Foreign managers tend to talk about tackling in the English game. Rafa does it. Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini do it! They all like to have a wee dig at the English game."