The manager defends the decision not to substitute Szczesny after head knock.
Head injuries in football have become big news in the last week after Tottenham Hotspur’s Hugo Lloris collided with Everton striker Romelu Lukaku.
After the controversy that surrounded Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas’ decision not to substitute the goalkeeper, Arsene Wenger has come under similar scrutiny just seven days later.
The Gunners No.1 Wojciech Szczesny clashed with Manchester United’s Phil Jones and reports began to circulate that the Poland international was knocked unconscious.
Wenger has been forced to defend the Frenchman’s own decision not to take the 23-year-old off at Old Trafford.
Asked Wenger in post-match press conference whether he considered substituting Szczesny after clash with Jones
— Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) November 10, 2013
Wenger said he did not receive any instruction from medics to take him off but would not have hesitate if he thought it right
— Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) November 10, 2013
#afc on Szczesny: ‘Without any doubt he did not have any concussion. It was a whack on bridge of nose and he had watery eyes. Nothing more’
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) November 10, 2013
‘You have only one life and 60 games a year.’ Wenger said. Suggestion is that, unlike Lloris, Szczesny was not knocked unconscious
— Oliver Holt (@OllieHolt22) November 10, 2013
Szczesny’s incident was not the only head problem that emerged in the game between Wenger’s side and the Red Devils.
David De Gea and team-mate Nemanja Vidic also both collided with each other, with the centre-back having to be taken off by David Moyes.
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