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Lukas Podolski soaked Arsene Wenger in champagne – claiming his manager needed a drink after winning his first trophy in nine years.

Gunners boss Wenger even had to go topless on the pitch after the players doused him with booze and gave him the bumps after Arsenal’s FA Cup win.

Podolski smiled: “He needed it. After nine years, he needs a little drink, of course. When I played for Bayern, I won the league title and the cup.

“When you win something you must celebrate. You celebrate, then you focus on next season.

“When you wait nine years, especially for the fans, it’s something special.

“Everywhere there was pressure about Arsenal winning nothing, the newspapers were crazy.

“Now we have this done. Nine years is done and we have the Cup.”

Podolski’s antics brought back memories of former Spurs star David Bentley throwing an ice bucket over Harry Redknapp to celebrate reaching the Champions League.

But while Bentley was bombed out of Spurs because Redknapp didn’t see the funny side, Podolski insists that he wants to stay at Arsenal and help them achieve more success.

The German, substituted again early in the second half, added: “When you play for a big club, the focus is always on the title and the Champions League, the FA Cup and the League Cup, everything.

“When you are at a big club like Arsenal you have to focus to win a trophy every year. This year we have got the trophy and it’s important for us.

“When you finish fourth, it’s not easy. We lost to the teams ahead of us: Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool.

“These are the matches we must focus on next season. We win the two matches against those and we win the title.

“We don’t need a lot. Every year, players come and go. This is football. But I’m happy at this club.”