WENGER SORRY FOR CARLING BRAWL

Arsene Wenger has yet to decide whether to appeal Tuesday's Football Association misconduct charge for Arsenal's part in the Carling Cup final fracas.

The FA have taken action against both the Gunners and Chelsea over the mass brawl which tarnished Sunday's Millennium Stadium showpiece.

According to Arsenal's official website Wenger is considering whether to contest the charge but he also apologised for his side's part in the unsavoury episode, which saw three players sent off.

"I feel we should not have reacted at all," he said. "Overall, we are sorry for what happened. When you do not behave like you want to then you have to apologise.

"We want to focus on playing football well. We want to deal well with the frustrations [of football] and want to be exemplary.

"But we also want to remind people that we have been top of the Fair Play table twice in the last few years.

"Also, this year, we are the team who have committed the least fouls in the league and been the most fouled against.

"What happened was a one-off for us in the last three years and we are sorry for that.

"It was a good game and that was an incident of one minute. But we do not want to behave like we behaved and that is it."

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