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Walters, Mike (25 September 1996). "Don't stitch me up!". The Mirror. London . Retrieved 15 December 2012. Ganesh, Janan (11 April 2014). "Arsène Wenger: Patience wears thin with Le Professeur". Financial Times . Retrieved 12 April 2014. The pitches themselves seem to go on forever. They are all in pristine condition, like golf greens, meticulously flat and, in the case of two of them, undersoil-heated. Such was Wenger's attention to detail that he instructed the club groundsman to prepare pitches of exactly the same dimensions and texture as the playing surface at Highbury.

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You have to analyse what is justified and what is not. I was, of course, affected by critics. Because nobody can say he is immune to that, especially when you feel you are giving it your best. The critics started in 2016, when we finished second in the league, because we didn’t win the championship. And I would say that if we finished second in the league today, it would be a huge success. But because Leicester won the Arsene Wenger's highs and lows after fourteen years at Arsenal". Metro. 16 August 2010 . Retrieved 3 January 2011. Walker, Michael (6 April 2006). "Gunners see a new dawn while Juventus fade to grey". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 10 January 2016. Wilson, Jeremy (10 May 2010). "Arsenal Premier League season review 2009–10". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 14 December 2012. Arsenal 0–0 Man Utd (aet) – Arsenal win 5–4 on penalties". BBC Sport. 21 May 2005 . Retrieved 1 January 2011.

In 1996, Wenger, tall, whip-thin, like a sixth-former in a suit, entered the British consciousness when he was announced by Arsenal as the fourth foreign manager in the history of top-division English football (the previous three had not fared well). He held the position for 22 years until 2018, during which time Arsenal won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups. While his great rival at Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, motivated players with the famed “hairdryer treatment”, Wenger became known for “invisible” training: a holistic approach that went beyond fitness and ball skills and overhauled the lifestyle and nutrition of the squad. Players were given instruction on how to chew their food; the traditional half-time boost of a chocolate bar and fizzy drink was swapped for a sugar lump with caffeine drops on it.Jolly, Richard (21 March 2014). "Standing at 1000, greatest number is one". The National. London . Retrieved 18 May 2014.

Lacey, David (28 October 1999). "Batistuta blasts the Gunners out". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 13 November 2013. In his early years at Arsenal, Wenger was scrutinised for the club's poor disciplinary record; Winter in 2003 described it as "little short of a crime-wave", [399] while chairman Peter Hill-Wood admitted the players' conduct was unacceptable. [400] Between September 1996 and February 2014, the team received 100 red cards. Wenger has often tried to defend his players, involved in controversial incidents on the field, by saying that he has not seen the incident; this is an option he resorts to when there is no "rational explanation" to defend him, and that he has the player's best interests in mind. [401] [402] However, in both 2004 and 2005, Arsenal topped the Premier League's Fair Play League tables for sporting behaviour and finished second in 2006. [403] [404] [405] Their record as one of the most sporting clubs in the division continued up to 2009, where the team featured in the top four of the Fair Play table. [406] [407] Wenger's team again topped the fair play table for the 2009–10 season. [408] Chadband, Ian (26 January 2007). "This naughty Nic has found a good side". London Evening Standard. p.66. Wenger, Nasri and Jordan suspended for one match". UEFA. 17 March 2011 . Retrieved 3 February 2012. Several English players have started their careers at Arsenal under Wenger, such as Ashley Cole, David Bentley and Matthew Upson, [397] Wenger commented that an advantage of building his team around British players was the guarantee of stability. [398] Team indiscipline and fair play

One area where timing was applied even more strenuously was in a form of muscle-strengthening exercises known as plyometrics. Isometric exercises are a form of muscle-strengthening exercises that don't put any strain on the joints. Plyometrics involve much more strain but produce vastly more dramatic results. Long used by sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers to build up power levels, the exercises were new enough to English football that Wenger had to demonstrate them himself. They involved sudden ballistic movements in the form of bounding exercises - hopping, skipping and jumping. Wenger used them to top up the conditioning of super-fit players in the midst of an endless blur of matches. Freedom of Islington for Arsenal pair". Islington Council. 29 October 2004. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014 . Retrieved 15 July 2012.