Arsene Wenger admits his half-time tirade at Anfield could have had mixed results.
Arsenal boss admits to walking a managerial tight-rope
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admits he was walking a managerial tight-rope by blasting his players during the half-time break at Anfield last Sunday.
The Gunners went in at the interval a goal down courtesy of Dirk Kuyt's strike and Wenger lambasted his players for what he considered to be an indifferent display.
After the game captain Cesc Fabregas revealed the Frenchman had told the team they had not been "fit to wear the Arsenal shirt", and that rare show of emotion appeared to work as his side went on to win the encounter 2-1.
A similar blasting in February 2001, when Arsenal had trailed Manchester United 5-1, failed to rouse his troops though, with the game ending in a 6-1 thrashing, and Wenger has been selective with his outbursts ever since.
He said: "You behave with your instinct and your rational and irrational approach. Sometimes the emotional side overtakes the rational but you cannot live only with the emotional, you have to be rational most of the time.
"I was many times very angry but sometimes you're angry but do not show it. The problem with anger, you can create some damage that you cannot repair. Of course, it can always go the other way, you can lose 6-1. It is like that, we live in a volcano."
