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Burnley manager Dyche: Why I felt the need to apologise to Wenger

Burnley manager Sean Dyche has admitted apologising to Arsene Wenger after one previous Arsenal clash.

Dyche, who admits he is "certainly not an aficionado" of fine wines, says all rival managers are offered the same standard of wine following matches at Turf Moor.

But the 48-year-old was embarrassed to give it to legendary Gunners boss Wenger, reckoning the Frenchman is probably used to far better vintages.

"We just pour out the rubbish that the club offers us," Dyche said.

"I remember Arsene Wenger was always very kind and gracious with us after games, home and away. I'm not sure it was his bag to go into rooms. I was always welcome in his room and he came into ours.

"We once gave him a glass of red and as he put it to his lips, I thought, 'This is going to be interesting.'

"I doubt he normally drinks the kind of red that we had in our office after a game. But anyway that made me smile. I did apologise to him before it actually went into his mouth.

"I thought that's not quite the usual red he's used to. We tend to keep the usual standard stuff that we're given by the club in there. We don't really change that for anyone."

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