Another clip from the time of Peter Schmeichel's alleged racist remarks:-
"Wright has denied that he deliberately went over the ball. "I admit I lunged in, but I landed on the ball, not the man," he said. "The referee did not book me and there was no intent to hurt anyone."
Of the tunnel scuffle, Wright said: "I wouldn't have reacted like that if it was an ordinary insult. It was racial and completely out of order."
Wenger attempted to defuse the situation by suggesting a novel way of ending the feud.
"I think it will be good to bring this to an end because I think so much has been created from such a small thing," he said. "Maybe they will meet before the next game and sort this out, and kill each other!"
Ruud Gullit, Chelsea's dreadlocked manager, also resorted to humour when he disclosed how he keeps his temper when insulted on the pitch.
"If someone calls me a black so-and-so, I don't take it as a racist thing because I am black!" said Gullit, whose team play Manchester United in another vital title game at Stamford Bridge today. "Take it as a compliment, it means they are probably afraid of you."
As one of the most gifted players of his generation, the Dutchman with a Surinam background was confronted by all kinds of abuse from opponents desperate to unsettle him.
"The key is that there is emotion in the game and if someone is red, you'll call them a red whatsoever," he said.
"The best thing always for every player, wherever he comes from, is to just try to play well and play your own game and then all these things vanish.
"If people are swearing at me that means they are afraid of me. That gives me a sort of superiority over them."
However, he draws the line at organised racism. "When Ajax played in Hungary the crowd made jungle sounds all the time when the black players had the ball. That is abusive," he said.
"That had nothing to do with the football game, it had nothing to do with emotions, it wasn't funny."
I think Ruud has put it into context.
