Wenger h@ted playing against US, he tried to ban Delap long throw - Ex Stok City coach, Tony Pulis

Former Stoke City boss, Tony Pulis says that Arsene Wenger was so obsessed about bogey team Stoke City. 

According to the former Potters coach, Wenger often complained to the Football Association about the length of grass on their pitch and tried to get long throw-ins banned.

Arsenal had a dreadful record away to the Potters during Wenger's tenure.

The North London side lost there five times in the Premier League and once in the FA Cup.

Former Stoke manager Pulis beat Wenger five times during his career. 

He told the BBC's That Peter Crouch Podcast: 'I always want angles to get players motivated, to put fire into their bellies and something for the supporters to feed off.

'When Wenger first said it, called us a rugby team, it was the third time on the bounce we had beaten them at home.

'He was avoiding the question of how could a team with much less talent than Arsenal, who don't spend anywhere near as much as Arsenal, who haven't got the facilities and capabilities of Arsenal, keep beating Arsenal.

'Patrick Vieira told me, "We used to hate going to Stoke. You were the only club that Wenger actually talked about and worked on before. We just couldn't beat you."

'Wenger came one year and complained about the grass being too long. He wrote a letter to the FA. The referees and the linesman had to come and measure the grass.

'I know he talked about banning throw-ins and saying they shouldn't be allowed. That was all music to our ears.'

Rory Delap's long throw-ins became a 'wonderful weapon' for Stoke, according to Pulis, and caused endless problems for Arsenal and other opponents.