Football: Red-carded Wilshere not dirty says Wenger
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Football: Red-carded Wilshere not dirty says Wenger
 Arsene Wenger admitted Jack Wilshere deserved to be sent off at the end of Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Birmingham but insisted the England youngster is not a dirty player.
 Arsenal manager Wenger has been one of the most vocal critics of the nature of some of the challenges and addressed the issue in his programme notes for Birmingham's visit to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
 In his notes  Wenger demanded an improvement in the standard of tackling and claimed managers are responsible for the behaviour of their teams.
 The Frenchman's words were quickly put to the test by Wilshere but Wenger is adamant the teenager is not a malicious player.
 "He mistimed his tackle and got a red card he deserved " Wenger said. "But it was his first tackle in the game. You have to acknowledge that he got a red card and deserved it  but he didn't spend the whole game kicking people.
 "He played football and was one of the best players on the pitch. Unfortunately it happened to him. He did not want to hurt the player  but he mistimed his tackle.
 "We are the team who have most fouls committed against us  and I encourage our players to play football. We got a red card and deserved it.
"Football: Red-carded Wilshere not dirty says [TGT]
 [TGT] admitted Jack Wilshere deserved to be sent off at the end of Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Birmingham but insisted the England youngster is not a dirty player.
 [TGT] has been one of the most vocal critics of the nature of some of the challenges and addressed the issue in [TGT] programme notes for Birmingham's visit to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
 In [TGT] notes  [TGT] demanded an improvement in the standard of tackling and claimed managers are responsible for the behaviour of their teams.
 The Frenchman's words were quickly put to the test by Wilshere but [TGT] is adamant the teenager is not a malicious player.
 "[TGT] mistimed [TGT] tackle and got a red card [TGT] deserved [TGT] said. "But it was [TGT] first tackle in the game. You have to acknowledge that [TGT] got a red card and deserved it  but [TGT] didn't spend the whole game kicking people.
 "[TGT] played football and was one of the best players on the pitch. Unfortunately it happened to [TGT]. [TGT] did not want to hurt the player  but [TGT] mistimed [TGT] tackle.
 "[TGT] are the team who have most fouls committed against [TGT]  and I encourage [TGT] players to play football. [TGT] got a red card and deserved it."