Ahead of the north London derby, Mauricio Pochettino's comments about diving have provoked a lot of discussion. Arsene Wenger was asked about what the Tottenham manager had to say, and this is what he had to say: on what he makes of Pochettino’s comments that tricking your opposition is part of the game… I am convinced that he wanted to say that tricking your opponent is to say that you have to be clever. How far was it an apology for diving? I’m not sure at all. I don’t think he would. In my personal case? No. We have to get the diving out of the game. I remember there were tremendous cases here when foreign players did it but I must say the English players have learned very...
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