Wenger, though, said he had no interest in retaliating.

"He gave you some good stuff to make it all hot before the game," Wenger said during his weekly press conference. "We are guided by the way we want to play football and not by the statements of anybody who plays against us.

[B]"Personally, I believe if you are a big player you always respect your opponent and that is what we try to do."
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Asked if Evra had been disrespectful, he replied: "I leave that judgment to you. We do not want to go into any unneeded talking before a game like that.

"We want to focus on the way we want to play and ignore any provocation before a game. We are motivated by the desire to win the game and by the quality of the football we want to play."