Perhaps it is because Arsène Wenger so often 'didn't see the incident' that he remembers things differently. The former Arsenal manager once noted that, contrary to popular belief, Newcastle United did not throw away the 1995-96 Premier League title because Kevin Keegan got angry on Sky television. Instead, he says, they lost it because they had no defence.
Even Wenger is slightly off here. Newcastle actually conceded relatively few goals that season. Ironically, the problem for 'The Entertainers' was a lack of firepower up front. But the broader point remains – when it comes to failures, we often wrongly attribute blame. And politics is no different.
