Arsene Wenger issued a terse rebuke to Thierry Henry today, saying that the former striker cannot pretend to speak for all Arsenal fans when he claims that he has never seem the home support as angry as they were after defeat to Swansea City on Wednesday.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s critical derby against Tottenham Hotspur, Wenger responded to Henry’s column in The Sun newspaper where the club’s record goalscorer said he had “never heard the Arsenal supporters as angry".

He added: "They were less patient than I have ever known, booed one of the manager’s substitutions and groaned every time a pass went astray or a tackle was lost.”

At the club’s training ground this morning, Wenger said: “Thierry Henry has his opinions. He has not found the measurement of the fans' angriness, of 60,000 people, straight away. Because he sits in the best seats of the stadium.”