Arsene Wenger risks backlash by telling Arsenal fans to be more like Spurs supporters

Arsene Wenger has risked the ire of Arsenal fans by insisting they need to unite and show the same qualities Tottenham supporters have been exhibiting this season.
A growing section of the club’s fanbase is hoping to see a managerial change in the summer, with Wenger looking almost certain to preside over another season of relative mediocrity.
Arsenal’s hopes of a first Premier League title since 2004 went up in smoke following a shambolic 3-1 defeat at Chelsea last week, while they remain heavy underdogs to make it past Bayern Munich and into the quarter final stages of the Champions League for the first time in six years.

Chelsea fans have certainly taken to their new manager Antonio Conte who celebrated Eden Hazard’s goal on Saturday in customary fashion (Picture IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images)

The atmosphere at the Emirates is a far cry from the one down the Seven Sisters road, where Tottenham fans are fully behind Mauricio Pochettino and Wenger feels his club would benefit from putting on a united front ahead of a crucial run of fixtures.
He said: ‘Our fans have been consistent and have a high level of expectation as I do but I don’t feel you can be a fan until last Tuesday and then not be behind the team any more – it doesn’t make sense.
‘All the other clubs, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, they have big expectations and big history. We are in a fight and we have to be united or we have no chance
‘You have Tottenham as well and everyone is behind their team and we have to do the same. Even if we have had two disappointed results I want the fans to be behind the team. Focus on what we do well. They were great players last Tuesday and they are still great players.’