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LONDON. — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger faces the might of Manchester City for the second time in five days tonight as the Gunners seek salvation after an abject display in losing the League Cup final 3-0.
And Wenger says he is not worried about his future and is solely focused on tonight English Premiership soccer match with Manchester City.
The match kicks-off at 9:45pm.
Wenger says keeping his job as Arsenal boss is his “last worry” after losing six of their 12 games in 2018.
Arsenal were beaten 3-0 by City in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final and their below-par display prompted fresh speculation about Wenger’s position.
But the manager said yesterday: “Honestly, my position is the last worry I have, my focus is to get the team ready for the game (against Man City tonight).”
Wenger, who has been in charge at Arsenal since 1996, agreed a new two-year contract at the end of last season and says he is not aware of any plans to review his position at the end of the current campaign.
“We are in that kind of situation where you want to focus on the next game,” he said.
“I don’t ask if your position is reviewed at the end of the season.
“My job is to perform and it is for other people to evaluate.”
Asked if he could guarantee that he will still be in charge next season, Wenger said: “Will it stop you sleeping, that my position might not be certain or is certain? No.
“What is interesting in football is the performance, it is the game you will see on Thursday night. All the rest maybe makes headlines but it is not really interesting.
“I am amazed I have to answer about things that are exactly the same – I am here for 21 years and turned the world down to respect my contract.”
Arsenal’s display at Wembley came in for heavy criticism, which Wenger says was to be expected.
City’s victory on Sunday delivered the first trophy of the Pep Guardiola era and underlined the sense that the two clubs are on radically different trajectories.
Guardiola’s men also enjoy a 13-point lead at the top of the English Premier League and are virtually assured of their place in the Champions League quarter-finals, thanks to a 4-0 last-16, first-leg win in Basle. — AFP.
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