Wenger oblivious to 'crisis'

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger shrugged off criticism from Gunners shareholder Alisher Usmanov as he urged everyone involved with the north London club to get behind the team.

Usmanov - whose Red & White Holdings Group has just more than a 30 percent stake in Arsenal's parent company - gave an interview to US broadcaster CNBC in which he questioned the direction of the club, whose majority shareholder is American businessman and sports entrepeneur Stan Kroenke.

Usmanov said Wenger's errors were not properly reviewed and the failure to consider the veteran French manager's mistakes was preventing Arsenal from becoming one of Europe's leading clubs.