Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger dismissed the factor of Stoke midfielder Rory Delap's amazing throw-ins for Saturday's defeat at the Brit.

"It's a throw-in not a penalty, we can't get obsessed by it," said Wenger beforehand. "They score maybe one like that every two months."

Stoke manager Tony Pulis believes the publicity surrounding Delap's throws is unnerving teams and Delap agreed: "It's all that seems to be talked about and if it does put teams off then so be it."