It is the nature of the beast that Arsène Wenger would sooner have a football match on any day other than his birthday. “What a nightmare,” he said, smiling wryly, when reminded of the occasion coinciding with Arsenal’s game against Middlesbrough. “Nobody lives a whole life by being motivated by the next game, stops suddenly and goes to church every day,” he said. “If God exists and one day I go up there and he will ask: ‘Do you want to come in? What has changed is I started alone, today I have a team around the team.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2016 21:54 UTC