Wenger vows to keep battling with Gunners

Arsène Wenger has vowed to keep fighting despite Arsenal’s recent slump in form and calls for him to resign.

The Gunners are set to miss out on silverware both in the league and in Europe this season, as they sit ten points behind Chelsea and went down 5-1 in the first leg of their Champions League tie with Bayern Munich.

That has left the Frenchman under pressure to step down at the end of the season, ending more than two decades in North London.

But while Wenger has not yet publically announced whether he will be staying put, he insists his fire burns as strongly as ever.

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“I’m a competitor,” Wenger said. “If I speak with my neighbour at six or seven, I was already competing for everything. I was born like that. When I lose games, of course it’s difficult to take.

“Every defeat is harder. I can never transmit to you my feelings about defeats. A player when I managed for the first time at 33 or 34 said that after our first defeat I threw up. Whether you are young or old, every defeat hurts.

“I’m a positive person. I am a fighter, somewhere – you don’t stay so long in this job otherwise. I’ve always seen the future in a positive way. I do not expect too much from outside, I expect more from me inside.

“The expectation level gets higher. The fight doesn’t get higher. The fight is always tough. When you hate defeat like I hate defeat, it’s always tough. I’m determined to always fight back.”