Allardyce claims Wenger is more shrewd in how he portrays his team than Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and that, just like other teams, the north London club are occasionally forced to play more defensively.
He told the Daily Mirror: "Arsene is very good at how he portrays his team's performances. He is conning everybody.
"Arsenal are more attractive in terms of how everyone likes to see football played but perhaps Arsene does a better job media-wise than Jose.
"The perception is that Arsenal always play attacking football and Wenger is very good at putting that over to people but it's not always true."
He added in The Sun: "When they beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final they didn't win playing attacking football, they did it with 4-5-1 and played for penalties." Tweet
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Its amazing that the fat walrus can only ever use the fa cup final as an example. Yet that match just proves wenger's point about how boring & negative the system is. That match was the only time wenger has played that way & whilst it was an awful performance by arsenal the system worked & arsenal walked off with the trophy despite being the worst side by a mile. As I say if teams want to be successful playing that way its no wonder attendances at matches are going down.
Its just once more fat Sam trying to shift the blame for the rubbish that his team produce week in week out. He was the one that brought that system into the premiership & because it worked (despite it being awful to watch) other teams have followed!!
Whos the con, out of all the games arsenal have played, he names the only one game we played a 4-5-1 system. this guy is really feeling the pressure now..go the long ball
What an exciting team Arsenal are to watch...attacking and scoring goals. What's that? Oh, you LOST to WEST BROM and you're not going to win the league? Oh, and Thierry Henry is leaving you soon? Well, I'm sure things will get better soon!