In a week when two of his counterparts have been unable to let sleeping dogs lie, something is still biting away at Arsène Wenger too. The injustice he feels at the penalty awarded to Eden Hazard during Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Chelsea last Wednesday has not yet faded and, when the pair meet again in Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final first leg, any repeat of a decision he called “farcical” would risk something akin to spontaneous combustion high in the Stamford Bridge stands. Arsène Wenger’s referee paranoia will chip away at Arsenal’s conviction | David Hytner Read more That is where Wenger will spend the match, as a continuing legacy of his similarly outraged reaction to...
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