Mr Wenger is too well respected, urbane and civilized for anyone to view that incident as anything other than him acting as sympathetically as he could to restrain the provocations of a ruffian of indistinct heritage.
The FA may well commend Mr Wenger and ask his permission to replay this incident to budding administrators as to how to maintain discipline under extreme circumstances.
The FA may well commend Mr Wenger and ask his permission to replay this incident to budding administrators as to how to maintain discipline under extreme circumstances.