It’s not the person they hate, it’s the manager who doesn’t deliver

WENGER ON HIS BATTLE TO KEEP 30 MILLION PEOPLE HAPPY

HE is well aware of Arsenal Fan TV, the growing Wenger Out Brigade and the legends lining up to take his job.

Every match is now a cup final with defeat the green light for a fresh bid to get him out.

All eyes will now be on tomorrow’s home game against Watford to see if he will slip up again.

Arsene Wenger, however, isn’t hurt by the hate, the critics or the vitriol.

Fresh from a magnificent, San Siro win over AC Milan, the under-fire Frenchman explained why.

“Honestly I can take a distance with that because it’s not the person they hate, they hate the manager who doesn’t deliver performance,” he said.

“I can make the difference but I’m just unhappy we lose games. I want to win. My whole life is guided towards that. I want to win with style, so it’s very ambitious and when we don’t do it I suffer like everyone else.

“But what is taken into account is Arsenal today is 30 million people – it’s not the suffering of one person. You want to make 30 million happy – that’s what you care about.”

Wenger earned himself vital breathing space on Thursday as Arsenal scrapped their way to a first win in five games and made themselves favourites to reach the Europa League quarter-finals. Winning the competition would see them qualify for the Champions League. Just as Jose Mourinho did with Manchester United last season.

Arsenal, however, are still a staggering 33 points behind Manchester City in the Premier League.

They were outclassed by Pep Guardiola’s men in the League Cup Final and the top flight last week and were humiliated at Brighton days later.

The win over Milan will cut little ice with sections of the Arsenal fanbase that would rather see the club lose if it will hasten Wenger’s exit.

Watford, with three wins in their last four matches, including a shock victory over Chelsea, could reignite the crisis.

But if supporters are unhappy so too is 68-year-old Wenger, suffering from sleepless nights as he searches again for the magic that once made him the king of north London.

“When you don’t get the results, the first thing affected is the mood and the lack of sleep and the desire to find solutions.” he said.

“When you’re a young manager, you dream of winning every game but it is about surviving through disappointments, finding solutions. It can make you a better manager to face a crisis.

“It’s difficult because I want to do well for the club and fans and want them to go home happy. When I can’t give them that satisfaction I’m unhappy.

“I dedicated my life to winning matches so when I lose I’m in disastrous shape.”