1 00:00:17,830 --> 00:00:20,520 DISTANT SIREN WAILS 2 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:25,158 CHILDREN LAUGH 3 00:00:35,268 --> 00:00:37,437 ARSENE WENGER: The meaning of my life was football. 4 00:00:38,380 --> 00:00:40,400 TRAIN RATTLES 5 00:00:40,540 --> 00:00:42,342 Sometimes I'm afraid by that. 6 00:00:44,911 --> 00:00:47,380 To dedicate your whole life to that... 7 00:00:48,481 --> 00:00:49,683 is a bit frightening. 8 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:58,324 But I have to acknowledge 9 00:00:58,391 --> 00:00:59,759 that it is the case. 10 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:04,300 PEOPLE CHATTER INDISTINCTLY 11 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:07,167 COMMENTATOR: Twenty-two years after his arrival at Arsenal... 12 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:10,103 WOMAN IN FRENCH: 13 00:01:12,672 --> 00:01:17,177 CROWD CHANTS: Only one Arséne Wenger One Arséne Wenger 14 00:01:20,980 --> 00:01:23,490 WENGER: People love you when you are born 15 00:01:24,484 --> 00:01:27,554 they love you when you die and it was a little bit like that. 16 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:30,357 CROWD CHANTS: One Arséne Wenger. 17 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,727 There's only one Arséne Wenger. 18 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:35,195 One Arséne Wenger... 19 00:01:36,930 --> 00:01:39,299 WENGER: Everybody said I was great. 20 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:43,303 Everybody said "Thank you very much” and "Bye-bye." 21 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:47,941 ANNOUNCER: He's actually changed the face of football 22 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:50,110 the face of the game in this country. 23 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:54,647 CROWD APPLAUDS AND CHANTS 24 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:58,885 WENGER: You realise it's the end of something 25 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:01,421 that has been a big part of your life. 26 00:02:03,323 --> 00:02:05,525 ANNOUNCER: Thirty-eight league games played... 27 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:07,927 twenty-six wins... 28 00:02:08,395 --> 00:02:09,729 twelve draws... 29 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:11,398 no defeats. 30 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:12,999 BYSTANDERS APPLAUD 31 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:17,700 CROWD CHANTS: ..One Arséne Wenger. 32 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:42,328 WENGER: Destiny. 33 00:02:47,967 --> 00:02:49,869 Life is about millimeters... 34 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:55,442 ...about timing. 35 00:03:00,780 --> 00:03:02,749 We speak about "The Invincibles" 36 00:03:04,484 --> 00:03:07,887 but if it's little millimeters... 37 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:10,924 we wouldn't speak about that. 38 00:03:17,970 --> 00:03:19,990 CROWD CLAMORS 39 00:03:29,750 --> 00:03:31,444 HE PANTS 40 00:03:34,470 --> 00:03:35,281 I believe in fate. 41 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:39,819 I say it many times, but a cigarette changed my life. 42 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:45,325 January 2nd, 1989. 43 00:03:46,526 --> 00:03:47,994 My first time at Highbury. 44 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:51,364 At half time... 45 00:03:51,498 --> 00:03:55,680 I wanted to smoke my cigarette because I was a typical French guy. 46 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:59,205 A friend of Barbara Dein 47 00:03:59,305 --> 00:04:00,507 David Dein's wife 48 00:04:00,674 --> 00:04:01,708 gave me a light. 49 00:04:03,743 --> 00:04:05,111 Barbara Dein told me 50 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:08,748 "Would you like to meet my husband? He's a director here." 51 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:13,386 DAVID DEIN: I have a personal motto. It's the motto of the turtle. 52 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,523 You don't get anywhere unless you stick your neck out. 53 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:18,358 So I said, "Well... 54 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:20,760 what are you doing this evening?" He said, "Nothing." 55 00:04:20,827 --> 00:04:23,463 I said, "Well, would you like to come out to dinner?" 56 00:04:24,698 --> 00:04:25,899 He said, "I'd love to." 57 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,235 And that changed our lives forever. 58 00:04:38,378 --> 00:04:41,147 MAN ON RADIO: A sight that all Arsenal fans have been looking forward to... 59 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:45,285 this is it, the arrival of their new manager... 60 00:04:46,786 --> 00:04:47,954 IAN WRIGHT: Around the time 61 00:04:48,121 --> 00:04:50,590 Johann Cruyff's name was being mentioned. 62 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:52,459 So you can imagine... 63 00:04:52,592 --> 00:04:53,760 REPORTER: How much are the players looking forward 64 00:04:53,827 --> 00:04:56,396 to Arséne Wenger arriving? — Who? 65 00:04:56,563 --> 00:04:58,431 HE LAUGHS 66 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:02,469 SMATTERING OF APPLAUSE 67 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:04,437 WENGER: Perception of me... 68 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:06,906 was "Who are you?" 69 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:09,542 "Arséne Who?" 70 00:05:10,543 --> 00:05:13,580 He looked like a university lecturer. 71 00:05:13,947 --> 00:05:15,682 REPORTER: And so comes the scholar... 72 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:18,118 What on Earth's he got? A Master's degree. Master's. 73 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,519 I know he's from France. 74 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:20,754 He's Swedish, isn't he? — No! 75 00:05:21,221 --> 00:05:22,589 I know he's a Frenchman. 76 00:05:23,189 --> 00:05:25,191 And I know he eats frog's legs. 77 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,362 REPORTER: Why have you gone continental? Is it a risk? 78 00:05:29,596 --> 00:05:31,831 I think appointing any manager is somewhat of a risk 79 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:34,267 but it's a calculated one. 80 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:35,902 PHOTOGRAPHER: Right, and then open your hands. 81 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:37,937 DEIN: I could see the game was going more global 82 00:05:38,405 --> 00:05:41,141 and I was prepared to recommend 83 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:44,110 that we open up our horizons to... 84 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:45,345 to something new. 85 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:47,180 Honestly... 86 00:05:47,781 --> 00:05:49,490 when I think about it 87 00:05:49,516 --> 00:05:51,170 they were brave. 88 00:05:52,152 --> 00:05:53,753 PHOTOGRAPHER. Arséne, this way, please? 89 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,556 WENGER: There was no history of success of any foreign managers... 90 00:05:56,623 --> 00:05:57,624 MAN: Straight into this lens. 91 00:05:57,724 --> 00:05:59,359 WENGER: ...and I could read in the newspapers 92 00:05:59,426 --> 00:06:02,280 a foreign manager can never win a Premiership. 93 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:04,397 PHOTOGRAPHER: Last one. - OK, last one. Really last one. 94 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:07,233 Thank you. 95 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:25,618 WENGER: I was born in 1949. 96 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:29,889 Very soon after the war... 97 00:06:37,797 --> 00:06:39,650 at Duttlenheim. 98 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,803 Don't say "town," say "village." 99 00:06:53,713 --> 00:06:56,950 WENGER IN FRENCH: 100 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:12,665 Physical strength was at the heart of the village. 101 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,436 The guy who had no consideration at all 102 00:07:16,503 --> 00:07:17,704 was the guy who was lazy. 103 00:07:22,242 --> 00:07:24,644 Very, very strong Catholic region. 104 00:07:26,513 --> 00:07:28,915 We had to go to the Mass, we had to confess. 105 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:32,218 I learned that at a very young age. 106 00:07:34,888 --> 00:07:40,760 WENGER IN FRENCH: 107 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:52,605 BELL TOLLS 108 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:57,510 My first memories, the church, the football pitch 109 00:07:57,577 --> 00:07:59,346 and the restaurant where I grew up. 110 00:08:01,648 --> 00:08:04,184 My father was an accountant at Bugatti. 111 00:08:05,185 --> 00:08:08,210 My mother had inherited this bar. 112 00:08:09,756 --> 00:08:12,580 It was one of the three or four in the village 113 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:15,428 but this one guided my life. 114 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:24,437 WENGER IN FRENCH: 115 00:08:38,952 --> 00:08:41,955 I started to listen to people 116 00:08:42,422 --> 00:08:43,923 to observe people. 117 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:49,996 It was a great psychological experience for a little boy. 118 00:08:53,166 --> 00:08:54,501 I realised quickly 119 00:08:55,350 --> 00:08:57,437 that we had problems to win football games. 120 00:08:57,704 --> 00:08:59,706 So I took my Mass book with me 121 00:09:00,407 --> 00:09:02,108 and I prayed during the game. 122 00:09:05,178 --> 00:09:07,113 CROWD CLAMORS 123 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:14,821 BERNADETTE WENGER IN FRENCH: 124 00:09:43,616 --> 00:09:44,684 WENGER: At that time 125 00:09:44,818 --> 00:09:47,821 you could not marry somebody from another village. 126 00:09:52,726 --> 00:09:57,597 BERNADETTE: 127 00:10:13,913 --> 00:10:17,317 In my wildest dreams, I had always to discover the world. 128 00:10:19,219 --> 00:10:21,221 I went to university. 129 00:10:21,955 --> 00:10:23,490 One year to medicine 130 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,625 two years to economics 131 00:10:25,725 --> 00:10:27,260 one year to sociology 132 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,363 to understand all that exists around me. 133 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:37,270 WENGER IN FRENCH: 134 00:11:04,898 --> 00:11:06,466 PHOTOGRAPHER: One in the middle, in the blue. 135 00:11:06,566 --> 00:11:08,301 Beautiful. - PHOTOGRAPHERS CHATTER 136 00:11:08,435 --> 00:11:11,604 WENGER: I could sense that the team was looking at me 137 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:14,941 thinking, "What is this guy? What is he doing here?" 138 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:16,710 How can I sum him up? 139 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:18,945 What can I say? 140 00:11:20,714 --> 00:11:22,482 He had a massive jacket on 141 00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:24,351 glasses were massive. 142 00:11:25,785 --> 00:11:27,153 My nickname for him was "Clueso". 143 00:11:27,554 --> 00:11:29,489 It is Chief Inspector... 144 00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:31,791 Clueso. 145 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:34,270 Pink Panther! We was watching a lot of Pink Panther. 146 00:11:34,127 --> 00:11:35,228 Please come in. 147 00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,230 So many cameras here... 148 00:11:38,310 --> 00:11:39,866 I feel like I'm making a movie. 149 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:41,340 WRIGHT: He would trip up 150 00:11:41,901 --> 00:11:43,300 forget things... 151 00:11:44,204 --> 00:11:46,306 He was just that kind of guy. 152 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:48,408 SWORD WHOOSHES - SWORD THUDS 153 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:49,809 GOAL NET CLATTERS 154 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:50,844 Sorry, my friend. 155 00:11:53,313 --> 00:11:55,749 WRIGHT: There was a time when we played against Wimbledon... 156 00:11:56,182 --> 00:11:58,151 the lights went off, so we were walking back in 157 00:11:58,351 --> 00:12:00,487 and as we were walking back in, he was getting ready to come out 158 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:02,155 and he said, "What's going on?" 159 00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:05,358 Honestly, we went, "There's a burmb." 160 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,994 And he went, "A burmb?" HE LAUGHS 161 00:12:08,610 --> 00:12:09,262 A burmb! 162 00:12:09,796 --> 00:12:11,631 HE YELLS 163 00:12:11,998 --> 00:12:13,867 EXPLOSION BOOMS 164 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,435 HE LAUGHS 165 00:12:18,938 --> 00:12:22,742 HE SINGS: 1-0 to the Arsenal. 166 00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,780 WENGER: It was a monocultural team. 167 00:12:27,681 --> 00:12:29,315 An English block of players 168 00:12:29,582 --> 00:12:32,185 with one star in there, Dennis Bergkamp. 169 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:33,753 Ooh! 170 00:12:34,621 --> 00:12:36,556 DENNIS BERGKAMP: What he has said from day one 171 00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:39,159 "You shouldn't take the English mentality 172 00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:40,527 out of an English team". 173 00:12:41,270 --> 00:12:42,929 That's what he taught 174 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:46,990 and expected from the foreign players as well. 175 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:47,600 To have that mentality. 176 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:49,769 TONY ADAMS: I ain't got time for transitions. 177 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,504 I don't like that word. 178 00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:52,906 It's a type of excuse. 179 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,808 Look at him. Look at the camera. 180 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:58,144 WENGER: They were a group of very strong personalities. 181 00:12:58,278 --> 00:12:59,312 Nice one. - I love you, Dicko. 182 00:12:59,379 --> 00:13:00,280 I love you too. 183 00:13:00,380 --> 00:13:01,981 WENGER: A group of men. 184 00:13:04,170 --> 00:13:05,585 They were not always easy. 185 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:07,787 But on Saturday... 186 00:13:08,888 --> 00:13:10,357 you could walk out with them. 187 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:13,226 You knew they were ready for a fight. 188 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:15,128 CROWD CLAMORS 189 00:13:16,290 --> 00:13:17,997 CROWD ROARS 190 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,567 And I'm not singing "1-0" no more. 191 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:24,704 INDISTINCT CHATTER 192 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:29,409 LEE DIXON: His biggest asset on the training ground 193 00:13:29,476 --> 00:13:31,644 was allowing his players 194 00:13:32,145 --> 00:13:35,115 to express themselves and work problems out on the pitch. 195 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:36,950 Good ball, yes. 196 00:13:39,719 --> 00:13:41,488 MARTIN KEOWN: By the time you reach 30 years of age 197 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:44,157 you've kind of set out your character, haven't you? 198 00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:46,393 As how you wanna play football and how you see it... 199 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:48,962 and when Wenger arrived 200 00:13:49,396 --> 00:13:51,998 he gave a renaissance, really, for that group. 201 00:13:54,340 --> 00:13:55,502 WENGER: There was a drinking culture. 202 00:13:57,300 --> 00:14:00,730 I always felt it's stupid to work the whole week in training 203 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,409 and then to kill yourself outside the pitch. 204 00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:05,345 I cut that all off. 205 00:14:06,790 --> 00:14:07,647 They had to change their habits. 206 00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:13,219 WRIGHT: It changed from night to day. 207 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,923 No tea, no sugar, nothing. 208 00:14:17,570 --> 00:14:19,659 All you could drink was water and the food what was provided. 209 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:24,300 Changed it to suit us, so we ain't got no butter or anything in it. 210 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:27,834 BERGKAMP: Immediately we had success with his way of thinking. 211 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:30,236 That made the English players realise 212 00:14:30,303 --> 00:14:32,872 "OK, wait a minute, this is what we want". 213 00:14:32,939 --> 00:14:34,741 We didn't know if it was the stretching 214 00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:38,111 it was the vitamins we were taking 215 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:39,679 it was the new diet. 216 00:14:39,846 --> 00:14:41,147 We felt like supermen. 217 00:14:46,319 --> 00:14:49,890 WENGER: Every win gave me a bit of time. 218 00:14:52,580 --> 00:14:53,727 But when you started to win 219 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:57,364 it created some adverse reactions. 220 00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:00,767 Private attacks. 221 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,690 Vicious attacks. 222 00:15:07,707 --> 00:15:10,430 I visited my parents in Strasbourg... 223 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:13,460 and when I came back, I took a cab 224 00:15:13,446 --> 00:15:15,582 and he told me, "Why did you resign?" 225 00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:18,418 I said, "Who told you that?" 226 00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:20,553 REPORTER: He arrived just seven weeks ago... 227 00:15:20,987 --> 00:15:22,822 WENGER: He said, "It's been announced on the radio." 228 00:15:23,223 --> 00:15:24,524 ...but now he's at the center 229 00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:27,127 of suggestions about his own personal life. 230 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:32,198 PRESS OFFICER: ...from ITN, they'll be asking you a couple of questions. 231 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:35,368 WENGER: So I had to improvise a press conference 232 00:15:35,702 --> 00:15:38,872 on the stairs in front of Highbury... 233 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:42,108 JOURNALIST: 234 00:15:42,208 --> 00:15:43,243 Sorry? 235 00:15:43,543 --> 00:15:45,278 ...to say "I have not resigned. 236 00:15:45,378 --> 00:15:47,280 You know, if you have anything against me 237 00:15:47,547 --> 00:15:48,581 bring it out... 238 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:50,583 and let's deal with it." 239 00:15:51,351 --> 00:15:54,721 JOURNALIST: 240 00:15:54,821 --> 00:15:55,889 No. 241 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:59,359 WRIGHT: This obviously started from nothing 242 00:15:59,559 --> 00:16:01,528 but he had to come out and say something. 243 00:16:02,362 --> 00:16:05,699 It really was so callous and nasty. 244 00:16:06,232 --> 00:16:08,902 JOURNALIST: 245 00:16:16,109 --> 00:16:17,143 HE LAUGHS 246 00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:19,846 "Oh, we have photos that are very bad for you." 247 00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:23,483 Bring me somebody who can speak about my private life. 248 00:16:23,550 --> 00:16:25,518 ! have a private life, like everybody, like you. 249 00:16:26,860 --> 00:16:27,887 Of course, they had nothing. 250 00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:32,158 WRIGHT: There was a massive negativity 251 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:33,793 because he was a foreign manager 252 00:16:34,461 --> 00:16:37,263 and he was doing stuff that was alien to everybody. 253 00:16:39,990 --> 00:16:41,167 People are afraid of things that's different. 254 00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:44,471 The natural thing to do is to try and find fault 255 00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:46,639 and try and create, um... 256 00:16:47,407 --> 00:16:48,341 a problem. 257 00:16:48,475 --> 00:16:50,110 What have you concrete? 258 00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:51,644 From me, my life? 259 00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:53,346 What do you know of my life concretely? 260 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:56,483 JOURNALIST: We don't know anything. - But... But... 261 00:16:56,783 --> 00:16:59,319 JOURNALISTS CLAMOR 262 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:00,720 Thank you very much. 263 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,556 BYSTANDERS CHEER AND APPLAUD 264 00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:11,231 SIREN BLARES 265 00:17:11,965 --> 00:17:13,366 HORN HONKS 266 00:17:19,239 --> 00:17:23,643 MAN IN FRENCH: — PATRICK VIEIRA IN FRENCH: 267 00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:28,314 WENGER: Patrick was known as a big talent in France 268 00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:31,785 and considering that he was only 20... 269 00:17:33,190 --> 00:17:35,555 it was a big chance for Arsenal to take this player. 270 00:17:37,323 --> 00:17:39,359 WENGER: First of all... - PHOTOGRAPHER: Ready? 271 00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:41,361 ...you couldn't impress him. 272 00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:42,429 Ready to go. 273 00:17:43,596 --> 00:17:45,432 WENGER: He wasn't scared of anybody. 274 00:17:49,436 --> 00:17:51,304 VIEIRA: Nobody knew who I was. 275 00:17:52,639 --> 00:17:56,309 This tall guy has come in, really skinny and have this kind of... 276 00:17:57,430 --> 00:17:58,511 strange way of running. 277 00:18:01,281 --> 00:18:04,484 But from the first game that I played with the first team 278 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:09,689 I convince my teammates 279 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:13,560 that I can play in this club and I can play on that level. 280 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,620 COMMENTATOR: Here's Vieira... 281 00:18:16,196 --> 00:18:17,297 it's a great run... 282 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:18,698 he's still going... 283 00:18:18,965 --> 00:18:22,350 WRIGHT: His first touch, his skills, his running with the ball... 284 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:24,437 THEY LAUGH 285 00:18:24,504 --> 00:18:27,407 "Jesus Christ, that's our player!" 286 00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:31,745 VIEIRA: Arséne of course was really important 287 00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:34,180 he gave me that confidence to express myself. 288 00:18:35,148 --> 00:18:37,317 WENGER: Everybody thought maybe the manager 289 00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:40,286 doesn't know what he's doing, but at least he brings a good player! 290 00:18:41,870 --> 00:18:43,723 And I did bring a good player. I brought a hell of a player, you know? 291 00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:47,627 CROWD ROARS 292 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:51,631 VIEIRA IN FRENCH: 293 00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:00,707 BELL CHIMES 294 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:08,114 TONY BLAIR: And this New Labour government 295 00:19:08,548 --> 00:19:13,286 will govern in the interests of all our people, the whole of this nation. 296 00:19:13,420 --> 00:19:14,821 PEOPLE CHEER 297 00:19:15,210 --> 00:19:16,956 WENGER: From '97 onwards 298 00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:21,261 England became more open to the rest of the world. 299 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:30,300 London became very cosmopolitan. 300 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:35,608 It coincided with the start of an evolution in the English game. 301 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,777 JOURNALIST: Was it a penalty on Sunday? 302 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:39,646 Ah, no chance, man. The referee was a cheat. 303 00:19:39,779 --> 00:19:41,810 PEOPLE LAUGH 304 00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:43,550 WENGER: The '97-'98 season 305 00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:47,870 you could see there was something there that was blossoming. 306 00:19:49,756 --> 00:19:52,225 There was an old core of English players 307 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:54,627 and a new clique of foreign players. 308 00:19:56,763 --> 00:19:58,698 I brought Emmanuel Petit in. 309 00:19:58,798 --> 00:19:59,666 Morning. 310 00:19:59,766 --> 00:20:02,469 WENGER: He was a more defensive player than Patrick Vieira 311 00:20:03,300 --> 00:20:05,305 so the two together, of course, were two monsters. 312 00:20:05,472 --> 00:20:07,107 THEY LAUGH 313 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:10,744 And I bought a super player in called Marc Overmars. 314 00:20:13,313 --> 00:20:14,581 CROWD ROARS 315 00:20:15,648 --> 00:20:19,919 IN FRENCH: 316 00:20:20,153 --> 00:20:22,155 Nicholas Anelka... wow. 317 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:24,391 WRIGHT: He was just like an unstoppable force. 318 00:20:27,260 --> 00:20:28,395 CROWD CHEERS 319 00:20:28,461 --> 00:20:30,997 KEOWN: I'd never seen a 17-year-old kid that good. 320 00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:34,467 It was that sort of feeling of almost giggling 321 00:20:34,768 --> 00:20:35,969 at the quality. 322 00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:39,406 CROWD CHEERS 323 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:41,107 Really high-calibre players. 324 00:20:41,474 --> 00:20:43,209 But they've all been bought by Arséne Wenger. 325 00:20:45,278 --> 00:20:47,280 I'm the king of the world! 326 00:20:51,951 --> 00:20:53,219 WENGER: In the Championship 327 00:20:53,386 --> 00:20:56,389 we were nine points behind Man United. 328 00:21:00,326 --> 00:21:02,962 But the whole team was convinced that we could win it. 329 00:21:11,137 --> 00:21:12,405 COMMENTATOR: Oh, it's Overmars! 330 00:21:14,207 --> 00:21:15,241 He's done it! 331 00:21:16,242 --> 00:21:19,546 The Championship race is still wide open! 332 00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:26,119 COMMENTATOR 2: And Sheffield Wednesday wonder quite what has hit them. 333 00:21:26,886 --> 00:21:29,789 WRIGHT: He was very different because every other manager 334 00:21:30,230 --> 00:21:31,257 even if you're doing well 335 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:32,726 they have to blast you down. 336 00:21:34,761 --> 00:21:35,729 CROWD CHEERS 337 00:21:36,290 --> 00:21:37,300 He didn't do that. 338 00:21:38,980 --> 00:21:41,368 COMMENTATOR: Three against Newcastle, four against Blackburn 339 00:21:41,434 --> 00:21:43,903 and now five against Wimbledon. 340 00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:48,608 You could see people were fearing us. They feared us. 341 00:21:49,943 --> 00:21:51,177 COMMENTATOR: So close now. 342 00:21:52,345 --> 00:21:54,948 Arsenal chase the one win needed. 343 00:21:56,516 --> 00:22:00,220 The intensity of the experience was something that was unbelievable. 344 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,257 FANS CHANT: Arsenal! Arsenal! 345 00:22:05,625 --> 00:22:11,464 I'll never forget, Tony Adams scored at Highbury on a sunny afternoon in May. 346 00:22:12,432 --> 00:22:14,434 COMMENTATOR: Adams, put through by Bould! 347 00:22:14,901 --> 00:22:16,770 Would you believe it? 348 00:22:18,138 --> 00:22:19,806 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS 349 00:22:19,873 --> 00:22:21,541 Ten straight wins. 350 00:22:22,242 --> 00:22:24,844 They've absolutely roared to the title. 351 00:22:26,460 --> 00:22:28,448 CROWD ROARS 352 00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:35,822 Yeah! What's this? 353 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:37,390 Hey! - MAN: Hey! 354 00:22:37,624 --> 00:22:38,792 Where'd that come from? 355 00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:42,362 INTERVIEWER: It's difficult to realise what a Frenchman's done over here. 356 00:22:43,263 --> 00:22:45,665 I hadn't even heard of you, actually, I've gotta be honest about that. 357 00:22:46,166 --> 00:22:49,436 And now we're faced with the prospect that you could do the double. 358 00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:51,938 CROWD CHANTS INDISTINCTLY 359 00:22:56,743 --> 00:22:59,646 WENGER: This was a defining moment of my career at Arsenal. 360 00:23:03,249 --> 00:23:05,285 An exceptional moment in my life. 361 00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:10,623 To win straightaway was absolutely vital. 362 00:23:11,458 --> 00:23:13,393 COMMENTATOR: Here's Overmars, could be there for the Dutchman 363 00:23:13,460 --> 00:23:15,562 he's through here... and he's scored! 364 00:23:16,290 --> 00:23:17,464 Boom-boom. The double. 365 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:20,367 COMMENTATOR: Anelka's away! 366 00:23:20,834 --> 00:23:21,901 Good strike! 367 00:23:22,102 --> 00:23:23,803 CROWD CHEERS 368 00:23:25,872 --> 00:23:27,707 WENGER: I could come, unknown 369 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:30,143 and win as a French guy. 370 00:23:30,310 --> 00:23:33,913 CROWD CLAMORS - HORNS TOOT 371 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:41,287 It was a very long honeymoon and it was the start of it. 372 00:23:43,490 --> 00:23:44,557 The real start of it. 373 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:51,431 HE YELLS 374 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:55,835 MAN ON ADVERT: Is this your idea of luxury? 375 00:23:56,803 --> 00:23:59,706 There's a hint of history and wealth in every street-side symbol. 376 00:24:00,407 --> 00:24:03,109 But this is the fairy-tale land which flirts with the business world. 377 00:24:03,343 --> 00:24:04,577 Yes, this is Monaco. 378 00:24:08,581 --> 00:24:11,751 WENGER: Monaco, it was the first time I realised that I could win. 379 00:24:13,586 --> 00:24:15,488 I was 36, 37. 380 00:24:17,223 --> 00:24:19,325 In my first season, we won the Championship. 381 00:24:19,726 --> 00:24:21,270 COMMENTATOR IN FRENCH: Balle de match! 382 00:24:21,327 --> 00:24:22,529 Et but! 383 00:24:23,163 --> 00:24:26,660 But I won it with some English players, Mark Hateley 384 00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:28,868 and the super Glenn Hoddle. 385 00:24:32,439 --> 00:24:36,843 JOURNALIST IN FRENCH: 386 00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:39,579 IN FRENCH: 387 00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:41,981 WENGER: Marseille had a fantastic team 388 00:24:42,248 --> 00:24:43,683 IN FRENCH: 389 00:24:48,210 --> 00:24:49,356 JOURNALIST LAUGHS 390 00:24:53,193 --> 00:24:55,362 WENGER: But the rumors were there. 391 00:24:56,290 --> 00:24:57,430 The suspicion was there. 392 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:01,434 DIXON: That period at Monaco was hard for him. 393 00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:04,404 There was some allegations of match-fixing. 394 00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:05,939 Corruption. 395 00:25:06,906 --> 00:25:08,408 WENGER: It ended badly. 396 00:25:08,475 --> 00:25:11,770 NEWS PRESENTER IN FRENCH: 397 00:25:18,952 --> 00:25:20,787 WENGER: Marseille was relegated. 398 00:25:21,921 --> 00:25:23,656 It was a dark period of French football. 399 00:25:24,724 --> 00:25:26,593 MAN ON ADVERT: Is this still your idea of luxury? 400 00:25:26,659 --> 00:25:29,396 Or has the commercial clamor destroyed completely the memories... 401 00:25:30,363 --> 00:25:31,197 HE EXHALES 402 00:25:31,631 --> 00:25:33,666 What is absolutely unbelievable 403 00:25:34,234 --> 00:25:37,404 it didn't stop my belief in human beings. 404 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,243 Not being capable to trust other people 405 00:25:43,476 --> 00:25:45,345 you would be unhappy your whole life. 406 00:25:50,250 --> 00:25:52,552 I had done ten years in French football 407 00:25:53,687 --> 00:25:57,123 and I thought, "It's time for me to go somewhere else." 408 00:26:10,270 --> 00:26:11,538 WENGER: And this is the name. 409 00:26:12,806 --> 00:26:15,410 Arséne Wenger. — Ah! Arséne! 410 00:26:17,444 --> 00:26:18,278 WENGER: You? 411 00:26:18,378 --> 00:26:19,579 THEY LAUGH 412 00:26:19,679 --> 00:26:22,716 WENGER: You have some managers who are exportable... 413 00:26:23,717 --> 00:26:24,951 and some not. 414 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:33,827 IN FRENCH: 415 00:26:34,361 --> 00:26:37,300 It's adaptation to a different way of living. 416 00:26:37,597 --> 00:26:39,432 That's not always easy. 417 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,802 WENGER IN FRENCH: 418 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:08,361 WENGER: I took a team who was bottom of the league... 419 00:27:09,529 --> 00:27:13,433 MAN IN JAPANESE ON RADIO: 420 00:27:15,468 --> 00:27:17,704 ...we finished second in the league and won the cup. 421 00:27:18,538 --> 00:27:20,907 I was straightaway Manager of The Year. 422 00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:28,581 WENGER IN FRENCH: 423 00:27:36,556 --> 00:27:37,624 WENGER: Yeah, better. 424 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:42,629 I was keen to go somewhere and show that I have the talent. 425 00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:47,200 I thought, "I can cope with going abroad". 426 00:27:47,434 --> 00:27:48,568 WHISTLE BLOWS 427 00:27:51,204 --> 00:27:52,405 Yeah! 428 00:27:53,106 --> 00:27:54,240 You see! You see! 429 00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:58,278 WOMAN SQUEALS 430 00:27:59,312 --> 00:28:01,181 Come on! - HE YELLS IN JAPANESE 431 00:28:02,248 --> 00:28:05,552 I could have decided to stay in Japan for a long period. 432 00:28:07,487 --> 00:28:10,824 But I thought I'd come back to Europe if it's for a big club. 433 00:28:13,126 --> 00:28:15,328 I had a clear idea of what I wanted... 434 00:28:16,162 --> 00:28:18,865 and I knew quickly what I could bring in. 435 00:28:20,330 --> 00:28:22,669 CHILDREN SHOUT - DRUMS THUD 436 00:28:39,152 --> 00:28:41,354 WENGER: It's nice through the trees around there. 437 00:28:42,322 --> 00:28:43,423 Unbelievable. 438 00:28:45,358 --> 00:28:46,860 DEIN: Normality's boring, isn't it? 439 00:28:48,862 --> 00:28:51,164 The way he lives his life is not normal. 440 00:28:52,665 --> 00:28:53,700 WENGER: I'm a hermit. 441 00:28:56,169 --> 00:28:59,390 In fact, at night, I sleep in the tree there. 442 00:29:02,242 --> 00:29:03,276 DEIN: He was driven. 443 00:29:03,643 --> 00:29:04,711 Wonderfully driven. 444 00:29:04,978 --> 00:29:06,790 I mean, so focused. 445 00:29:08,481 --> 00:29:10,316 WENGER: I lived in my bubble. 446 00:29:11,785 --> 00:29:13,153 My own little world. 447 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:25,465 IN FRENCH: 448 00:29:29,469 --> 00:29:31,504 I had only a triangle: 449 00:29:31,838 --> 00:29:34,808 Home, training center, Highbury. 450 00:29:37,877 --> 00:29:40,580 I prepare the game exactly like a player. 451 00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:46,353 I never go out 48 hours before a game. 452 00:29:46,619 --> 00:29:48,321 For dinner, or anything. 453 00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:53,660 You have to sacrifice your life for this job. 454 00:29:55,528 --> 00:29:57,630 PHONE RINGS 455 00:30:03,303 --> 00:30:04,304 Hello? 456 00:30:05,472 --> 00:30:06,840 Arséne... 457 00:30:07,907 --> 00:30:12,278 IN FRENCH: 458 00:30:14,547 --> 00:30:15,749 ...One or two shirts. 459 00:30:15,849 --> 00:30:17,317 No problem. - I tell you tomorrow. 460 00:30:17,384 --> 00:30:18,284 OK. 461 00:30:30,130 --> 00:30:31,831 WENGER: People say "obsession"... 462 00:30:32,599 --> 00:30:33,566 but for me... 463 00:30:34,401 --> 00:30:36,936 I cannot even tell you it was work, I loved it. 464 00:30:40,340 --> 00:30:43,476 DEIN: First thing I did was to get a couple of satellites for him 465 00:30:43,843 --> 00:30:46,146 so that he had games coming in from all over the world. 466 00:30:46,546 --> 00:30:48,782 COMMENTATOR SPEAKS GERMAN 467 00:30:49,115 --> 00:30:51,685 WENGER: Germany, Spain, Italy, France... 468 00:30:52,719 --> 00:30:56,423 every night was football, football, football and tomorrow, football again. 469 00:30:56,990 --> 00:30:57,857 Away! 470 00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,225 Players who will play... 471 00:30:59,559 --> 00:31:01,194 HE SIGHS 472 00:31:02,262 --> 00:31:04,564 He put everything into it. He put his life and soul into it. 473 00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:05,799 David? 474 00:31:07,467 --> 00:31:09,302 I'm just leaving. I'm going home now. 475 00:31:10,870 --> 00:31:12,305 OK? So I'll see you later. 476 00:31:14,941 --> 00:31:15,942 I know. 477 00:31:23,116 --> 00:31:24,918 Ah, the writer's chair here. 478 00:31:25,352 --> 00:31:26,286 Right. 479 00:31:28,321 --> 00:31:30,790 PRODUCER: OK, Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United manager. 480 00:31:31,570 --> 00:31:32,559 ALEX FERGUSON: Always look in your rear mirror 481 00:31:32,625 --> 00:31:33,860 to see who's behind you. 482 00:31:34,861 --> 00:31:37,263 I mean, you see someone come up behind you, you accelerate. 483 00:31:39,199 --> 00:31:42,200 Alex Ferguson was the dominant figure in English football. 484 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,838 Everybody was scared of him, from the press to the referees. 485 00:31:44,938 --> 00:31:46,740 I've shown great patience with you. 486 00:31:47,207 --> 00:31:49,642 He was the guy to beat. He was the don. 487 00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:51,711 Arséne Wenger's been in Japan. 488 00:31:51,945 --> 00:31:53,646 He doesn't know anything about English football. 489 00:31:53,713 --> 00:31:55,382 He's unaware of the demands of our game. 490 00:31:56,149 --> 00:31:58,485 WENGER: I thought that's a good opportunity for me 491 00:31:58,551 --> 00:32:00,553 to show that it's not only in England that... 492 00:32:01,554 --> 00:32:03,223 you know how to play football. 493 00:32:04,357 --> 00:32:05,859 I was ready for a fight. 494 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:08,728 CROWD CHEERS 495 00:32:11,364 --> 00:32:12,632 Arsenal were catching us up 496 00:32:12,966 --> 00:32:15,435 and their team was good enough 497 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:17,671 to go above us, there's no question about that. 498 00:32:20,674 --> 00:32:22,842 WENGER: It was sometimes very aggressive 499 00:32:22,909 --> 00:32:24,444 especially after the games. 500 00:32:24,711 --> 00:32:26,546 FERGUSON: Think he should concentrate on his own job 501 00:32:26,646 --> 00:32:28,481 rather than talk about Manchester United. 502 00:32:29,182 --> 00:32:30,684 It became toxic for a while. 503 00:32:33,753 --> 00:32:37,157 And I'm saying to myself, "Is he looking for a war?" 504 00:32:37,524 --> 00:32:39,359 REPORTER: Arsenal against Manchester United 505 00:32:39,426 --> 00:32:41,661 you expect their strongest side to be playing today, obviously. 506 00:32:41,795 --> 00:32:44,264 HE CHUCKLES Yes, you have a good sense of humor. 507 00:32:44,864 --> 00:32:48,100 When you're fighting to win, you're two lions 508 00:32:48,301 --> 00:32:49,803 with only one desire 509 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,272 is to eat the lion who is against you. 510 00:32:54,741 --> 00:32:56,976 REPORTER: Brilliant, and let's have some more of that today, thank you. 511 00:32:57,770 --> 00:32:57,911 Thank you. We'll try. 512 00:32:58,645 --> 00:33:02,480 I was not scared of anybody in football. 513 00:33:05,785 --> 00:33:08,880 CROWD CHANTS AND CLAPS 514 00:33:12,659 --> 00:33:14,160 That game at Villa Park 515 00:33:14,394 --> 00:33:18,365 was the most emotional football match I've ever played in. 516 00:33:18,465 --> 00:33:22,502 CROWD CHANTS 517 00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,238 We were going for a double, another double... 518 00:33:25,405 --> 00:33:27,107 and United were going for the treble. 519 00:33:29,275 --> 00:33:30,710 People say, "Do you miss the game?" 520 00:33:31,770 --> 00:33:33,460 I don't miss the game, but I miss the big games. 521 00:33:33,513 --> 00:33:35,682 CROWD CLAMORS 522 00:33:37,684 --> 00:33:40,186 The Man United players were ready to die for their club. 523 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,555 COMMENTATOR: Sheringham... for Beckham... 524 00:33:42,722 --> 00:33:44,257 Oh! What a goal! 525 00:33:46,726 --> 00:33:48,728 We were sure that we were gonna win the game. 526 00:33:49,429 --> 00:33:52,365 COMMENTATOR: Bergkamp's shot... deflected off Stam, it's in! 527 00:33:54,100 --> 00:33:55,568 FERGUSON: We got Keane sent off. 528 00:33:55,702 --> 00:33:57,871 CROWD JEERS 529 00:33:57,937 --> 00:33:59,506 The drama was unbelievable. 530 00:34:00,140 --> 00:34:01,641 BERGKAMP: We were 11 against 10. 531 00:34:02,308 --> 00:34:03,510 We just went for it. 532 00:34:04,844 --> 00:34:06,179 COMMENTATOR: Parlour's gone down! 533 00:34:09,182 --> 00:34:11,785 WENGER: In the 93rd minute, we had a penalty. 534 00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,155 Oh, I thought we were out. I did, I thought we were out. 535 00:34:20,627 --> 00:34:21,728 WENGER: The penalty... 536 00:34:21,928 --> 00:34:24,631 marked our relationship with Manchester United. 537 00:34:25,565 --> 00:34:29,169 CROWD ROARS 538 00:34:29,469 --> 00:34:30,303 The duel. 539 00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:38,845 VIEIRA: If there is a guy that I would want to take the penalty 540 00:34:39,746 --> 00:34:40,780 it would be Dennis. 541 00:34:42,115 --> 00:34:44,351 Penalty taker should always score. 542 00:34:46,190 --> 00:34:47,487 It would've been over for them. 543 00:34:48,588 --> 00:34:50,757 This is strange, but I kept thinking 544 00:34:51,191 --> 00:34:53,260 he was gonna put it in the left hand corner. 545 00:34:54,270 --> 00:34:56,290 COMMENTATOR: Bergkamp vs Schmeichel... 546 00:34:59,666 --> 00:35:02,235 CROWD CHEERS - Oh, and Schmeichel's saved it! 547 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:07,640 WENGER: After that, Dennis Bergkamp 548 00:35:07,874 --> 00:35:10,243 never wanted to take a penalty again. 549 00:35:13,513 --> 00:35:15,715 VIEIRA: Details make a difference. 550 00:35:16,716 --> 00:35:19,886 COMMENTATOR: Vieira... only as far as Giggs... 551 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:21,287 I lost that ball. 552 00:35:21,755 --> 00:35:22,756 I should've brought him down. 553 00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:24,758 COMMENTATOR: He'll run at Keown... 554 00:35:24,824 --> 00:35:26,590 and he'll run at Dixon... 555 00:35:26,593 --> 00:35:29,290 Oh! What about that? 556 00:35:30,897 --> 00:35:33,666 DIXON: My heart just sank to the lowest low. 557 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,835 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS 558 00:35:36,202 --> 00:35:38,738 CROWD ROARS 559 00:35:43,143 --> 00:35:45,450 FERGUSON: I don't know if we'd have won the European Cup 560 00:35:45,311 --> 00:35:46,713 if we hadn't won that game. 561 00:35:47,113 --> 00:35:49,315 Maybe we were destined to win the treble that year. 562 00:35:53,386 --> 00:35:56,289 WENGER: I'll never forget the happiness of Man United 563 00:35:56,356 --> 00:35:57,924 when they beat us that night. 564 00:36:08,835 --> 00:36:11,805 I threw up sometimes after the games when I lost. 565 00:36:14,474 --> 00:36:16,409 It hurt so much. 566 00:36:21,810 --> 00:36:24,384 I'm a perfectionist and I'm very demanding with myself. 567 00:36:28,788 --> 00:36:30,824 When you lose a game, you always know 568 00:36:30,924 --> 00:36:32,325 there was a way to win it. 569 00:36:36,196 --> 00:36:38,398 But the defeat remains with you forever. 570 00:36:44,671 --> 00:36:46,539 Women kill for love... 571 00:36:48,241 --> 00:36:50,977 and men kill because they hate to lose. 572 00:36:59,819 --> 00:37:01,221 CHILDREN YELL — WENGER: Hey. 573 00:37:01,321 --> 00:37:03,223 A chaque fois vous m'avez surpris. 574 00:37:04,224 --> 00:37:05,792 WENGER: The way I saw the job 575 00:37:05,959 --> 00:37:09,229 is to influence people's lives through values. 576 00:37:11,631 --> 00:37:13,266 The players must know 577 00:37:13,366 --> 00:37:16,803 that if they have a real big problem, they can call me. 578 00:37:18,872 --> 00:37:22,208 If there are difficult times, I am there for them. 579 00:37:23,309 --> 00:37:24,177 Like a father. 580 00:37:27,647 --> 00:37:32,952 (FRENCH) 581 00:37:39,250 --> 00:37:41,795 (FRENCH) — CHILDREN: Merci! 582 00:37:48,468 --> 00:37:50,904 VIEIRA: He has always protected me 583 00:37:52,380 --> 00:37:54,341 and when the manager is defending you 584 00:37:55,275 --> 00:37:56,476 you will die for him. 585 00:37:59,379 --> 00:38:01,810 (FRENCH) 586 00:38:01,381 --> 00:38:03,917 WENGER: The manager is somebody who has to... 587 00:38:04,751 --> 00:38:06,860 think, "I am not important.” 588 00:38:06,419 --> 00:38:07,921 Eh, là, là, là, là, là. 589 00:38:10,223 --> 00:38:12,192 WENGER: It's a special job on that front. 590 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,229 It demands a psychological transformation. 591 00:38:21,201 --> 00:38:23,636 KEOWN: His biggest joy was to see players improve. 592 00:38:26,339 --> 00:38:28,875 The training of Arséne Wenger was on another level. 593 00:38:29,743 --> 00:38:33,279 You know, this feeling of invincibility came on day one. 594 00:38:35,782 --> 00:38:37,350 It was the calmness that he brought. 595 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,288 VIEIRA: When you are talking to him 596 00:38:43,289 --> 00:38:46,226 he doesn't give you this kind of superiority. 597 00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:48,628 (FRENCH) 598 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:57,637 THEY CHATTER - THEO LAUGHS 599 00:38:58,710 --> 00:39:00,600 This is why I say to young players 600 00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:02,308 "Choose the club by the manager." 601 00:39:06,646 --> 00:39:08,481 CHILDREN LAUGH 602 00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:11,317 VIEIRA: Talk to the manager 603 00:39:11,818 --> 00:39:14,120 he will be the one who will make you a better player. 604 00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:22,195 CHILDREN CHEER 605 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,868 INDISTINCT CHATTER 606 00:39:34,607 --> 00:39:36,109 THIERRY HENRY: Arséne changed my life. 607 00:39:38,845 --> 00:39:39,879 Thierry Henry. 608 00:39:41,715 --> 00:39:46,619 COMMENTATOR IN FRENCH: 609 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,521 WENGER: I knew that from a young age 610 00:39:48,588 --> 00:39:50,924 already he was... special. 611 00:39:53,526 --> 00:39:55,395 HENRY: He gave me an opportunity to shine. 612 00:39:56,963 --> 00:39:58,832 I can never thank him enough for that. 613 00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,690 FERGUSON: We looked at Henry, he was outside-left at Monaco. 614 00:40:04,137 --> 00:40:06,306 But, you know, I couldn't see him as a centre-forward. 615 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,777 REPORTER: The French international surplus to requirements at Juventus 616 00:40:10,977 --> 00:40:12,479 Wenger has got his man 617 00:40:12,712 --> 00:40:15,480 although he's cost Arsenal a club-record fee. 618 00:40:15,448 --> 00:40:17,751 WENGER: He had lost something 619 00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:20,587 that is, basically, belief. 620 00:40:22,522 --> 00:40:25,125 The big change they made at Arsenal was... 621 00:40:26,126 --> 00:40:27,527 reinventing Henry. 622 00:40:28,128 --> 00:40:30,897 And the goals... I mean, he was fantastic. 623 00:40:33,660 --> 00:40:36,469 COMMENTATOR: Oh... Oh! What a goal! 624 00:40:36,569 --> 00:40:38,338 Thierry Henry! 625 00:40:39,606 --> 00:40:41,641 I wasn't a centre-forward really 626 00:40:41,841 --> 00:40:43,900 when you watch me play. 627 00:40:44,511 --> 00:40:45,545 COMMENTATOR: Henry... 628 00:40:45,912 --> 00:40:47,313 Henry! 629 00:40:48,381 --> 00:40:49,883 HENRY: Arséne gave me that freedom. 630 00:40:49,983 --> 00:40:51,785 REPORTER: This role up front, how are you enjoying it? 631 00:40:51,885 --> 00:40:52,786 HE CHUCKLES 632 00:40:55,155 --> 00:40:58,158 People in life arrive quite early 633 00:40:58,224 --> 00:41:01,610 at a very good level and don't move too much 634 00:41:01,394 --> 00:41:03,396 because they don't push themselves enough. 635 00:41:04,264 --> 00:41:06,466 You can be a professional football player 636 00:41:06,566 --> 00:41:09,102 but I do want to discover something more 637 00:41:09,202 --> 00:41:12,105 and explore, really, what football can give you. 638 00:41:12,605 --> 00:41:14,207 COMMENTATOR: Thierry Henry! 639 00:41:14,274 --> 00:41:15,675 Wonderful goal! 640 00:41:16,509 --> 00:41:18,712 HENRY: The boss, in that way, is magnificent. 641 00:41:19,679 --> 00:41:21,715 He makes you realise how good you can be. 642 00:41:22,515 --> 00:41:24,484 He allowed me to express myself. 643 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,155 WRIGHT: When you look at what he's done with Thierry 644 00:41:29,989 --> 00:41:31,358 it was frightening. 645 00:41:34,394 --> 00:41:36,363 COMMENTATOR: You can only stand and admire. 646 00:41:37,970 --> 00:41:39,866 WRIGHT: Thierry Henry is the best player that Arsenal has ever had. 647 00:41:51,311 --> 00:41:55,949 ROBERT PIRES IN FRENCH: 648 00:42:08,161 --> 00:42:11,564 VIEIRA: London was really open-minded. 649 00:42:13,299 --> 00:42:15,268 People really don't care about... 650 00:42:15,835 --> 00:42:17,637 what you're driving, what you're wearing 651 00:42:17,804 --> 00:42:19,720 or the color of your skin. 652 00:42:19,739 --> 00:42:20,907 THEY LAUGH 653 00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:23,443 IN FRENCH: 654 00:42:30,116 --> 00:42:31,284 WENGER: In the 2000s 655 00:42:31,918 --> 00:42:34,521 the foreign influence in the culture of England 656 00:42:34,821 --> 00:42:37,657 politically and on the footballing front 657 00:42:38,258 --> 00:42:40,760 started to become very important. 658 00:42:41,270 --> 00:42:42,796 HENRY: Look at the post. Should've been a goal. 659 00:42:42,929 --> 00:42:44,631 - Over the line. - BOB WILSON: It was over, yeah. 660 00:42:45,165 --> 00:42:46,399 Yeah! Ask Bob! 661 00:42:47,233 --> 00:42:50,837 WENGER: We moved from a monocultural team to a multicultural team. 662 00:42:51,671 --> 00:42:54,708 Influences from all over Europe. 663 00:42:57,770 --> 00:42:59,245 It was as well the evolution of the game 664 00:42:59,379 --> 00:43:01,948 because it was more mobile, more technical 665 00:43:02,315 --> 00:43:04,351 more inspirational. 666 00:43:06,419 --> 00:43:09,489 BERGKAMP: He was a fan of the Dutch Total Football... 667 00:43:10,790 --> 00:43:12,859 and I could see a lot of similarities there. 668 00:43:14,270 --> 00:43:16,763 We really started to play football 669 00:43:16,830 --> 00:43:19,320 the way he saw football. 670 00:43:20,967 --> 00:43:22,168 Va-va-voom. 671 00:43:27,907 --> 00:43:29,309 WENGER: I am a romantic. 672 00:43:31,111 --> 00:43:32,545 A pragmatic romantic. 673 00:43:36,850 --> 00:43:38,385 We are in entertainment. 674 00:43:40,220 --> 00:43:41,888 The groundwork is to win. 675 00:43:42,689 --> 00:43:43,990 But that is not enough. 676 00:43:47,260 --> 00:43:49,290 You need the ambition to give more. 677 00:43:54,367 --> 00:43:57,700 To go deeper into what the game can give to people. 678 00:43:58,238 --> 00:43:59,639 — Fingers crossed. - Ta-ta. 679 00:43:59,706 --> 00:44:01,841 WOMAN: Cheers, mate. Bye. -WOMAN 2: See ya! 680 00:44:02,709 --> 00:44:04,177 WENGER: To get something more 681 00:44:04,344 --> 00:44:06,579 than just the individual expression of a player. 682 00:44:06,713 --> 00:44:08,114 Gonna watch the champions tonight? 683 00:44:09,516 --> 00:44:12,552 WENGER: But the collective expression of the team 684 00:44:13,553 --> 00:44:15,755 to transform it into art. 685 00:44:19,659 --> 00:44:21,261 WENGER: You can say it's naive 686 00:44:21,828 --> 00:44:25,980 but you need to give something special to people 687 00:44:25,365 --> 00:44:27,967 to get out of their hard daily life. 688 00:44:30,270 --> 00:44:32,339 COMMENTATOR: It is nigh on perfect! 689 00:44:34,841 --> 00:44:37,243 CROWD CHANTS 690 00:44:37,711 --> 00:44:40,580 WENGER: I just wanted them to sit in that seat 691 00:44:40,980 --> 00:44:41,948 and think... 692 00:44:43,249 --> 00:44:44,217 "Unbelievable." 693 00:44:44,718 --> 00:44:45,952 COMMENTATOR: Freddie Ljungberg! 694 00:44:46,119 --> 00:44:48,210 CROWD ROARS 695 00:44:51,758 --> 00:44:54,561 COMMENTATOR: This is Bergkamp... oh, wonderful skill from Dennis Bergkamp! 696 00:44:55,128 --> 00:44:56,830 What a superb goal! 697 00:44:57,464 --> 00:44:58,631 Pires... 698 00:44:58,698 --> 00:45:00,700 he's in here, still Robert Pires... 699 00:45:01,267 --> 00:45:03,169 oh, what a wonderful goal! - CAR HORN TOOTS 700 00:45:07,407 --> 00:45:08,641 WENGER: 2002... 701 00:45:09,275 --> 00:45:12,379 maybe we played the most spectacular football ever. 702 00:45:13,113 --> 00:45:14,547 COMMENTATOR: And Ljungberg... 703 00:45:14,748 --> 00:45:16,850 He's in again! Pushed out by Barthez! 704 00:45:17,170 --> 00:45:18,485 Wiltord! - CROWD ROARS 705 00:45:21,870 --> 00:45:24,224 They've taken the title away from Manchester United. 706 00:45:27,460 --> 00:45:29,229 WENGER: You need to have that desire 707 00:45:30,563 --> 00:45:31,898 to give something more. 708 00:45:33,990 --> 00:45:36,436 CROWD CHANTS AND SINGS 709 00:45:36,569 --> 00:45:39,406 FANS SING: We won the league in Manchester 710 00:45:39,806 --> 00:45:42,442 We won the league and cup double 711 00:45:42,809 --> 00:45:45,245 We won the league in Manchester. 712 00:45:45,445 --> 00:45:47,747 WHISTLES BLOW - HORNS TOOT 713 00:45:49,749 --> 00:45:52,786 CROWD CHANTS - HORNS BLARE 714 00:45:57,157 --> 00:45:59,159 WENGER: The influence you have on people's lives 715 00:45:59,225 --> 00:46:01,194 is to show them a little light 716 00:46:01,394 --> 00:46:03,290 of what is their next level. 717 00:46:05,598 --> 00:46:07,167 To go for something bigger. 718 00:46:08,635 --> 00:46:10,670 So in 2002... 719 00:46:11,871 --> 00:46:12,872 I set them a target 720 00:46:12,939 --> 00:46:15,542 and that was to win the Championship without losing a game. 721 00:46:15,642 --> 00:46:16,910 CROWD ROARS 722 00:46:17,744 --> 00:46:19,713 THEY LAUGH 723 00:46:19,846 --> 00:46:22,882 We said, "He's losing his mind, he's losing his head. 724 00:46:22,949 --> 00:46:24,184 What is he talking about?" 725 00:46:24,284 --> 00:46:26,753 I looked at the TV, I was like, "Why?" 726 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:29,422 (FRENCH) 727 00:46:29,589 --> 00:46:32,258 Of course, the media had a real go at me 728 00:46:32,359 --> 00:46:34,270 they think it was arrogant. 729 00:46:34,127 --> 00:46:36,196 JOURNALIST: Did you say “I want to go the whole season unbeaten"? 730 00:46:36,262 --> 00:46:37,597 JOURNALIST 2: Do you think it's possible... 731 00:46:37,664 --> 00:46:38,965 JOURNALIST 3: Is that record within your grasp? 732 00:46:39,650 --> 00:46:41,601 JOURNALIST 4: Do you regret saying you could go the whole season unbeaten? 733 00:46:41,668 --> 00:46:43,603 WENGER: I have no regrets at all about that. 734 00:46:46,673 --> 00:46:48,608 We didn't win the Championship. 735 00:46:51,878 --> 00:46:53,847 So I told them again 736 00:46:53,980 --> 00:46:55,582 "I still think you can do it" 737 00:46:56,383 --> 00:47:00,200 because I was so much attacked by everybody 738 00:47:00,420 --> 00:47:02,956 that I thought, "Really, this time, we have to do it." 739 00:47:03,230 --> 00:47:04,190 HE CHUCKLES 740 00:47:12,632 --> 00:47:14,601 HORSES CLOP 741 00:47:15,702 --> 00:47:18,405 INDISTINCT CHATTER 742 00:47:29,749 --> 00:47:32,519 VIEIRA: He had this kind of vision about... 743 00:47:32,919 --> 00:47:34,688 what this team can achieve 744 00:47:34,988 --> 00:47:37,123 putting all our strengths together. 745 00:47:38,591 --> 00:47:41,561 Thinking that we would go through the season unbeaten 746 00:47:41,761 --> 00:47:44,597 was something that not even crossed our minds. 747 00:47:45,231 --> 00:47:46,633 He must've weighed that up. 748 00:47:47,467 --> 00:47:49,369 You know, the consequences of saying that publicly 749 00:47:49,469 --> 00:47:51,400 but he genuinely believed that. 750 00:47:52,472 --> 00:47:54,474 And that's what Arséne was trying to do. 751 00:47:55,275 --> 00:47:56,509 "Are we capable?" 752 00:48:00,347 --> 00:48:02,820 WENGER: I had the ambition to do it. 753 00:48:02,982 --> 00:48:04,184 COMMENTATOR: Now Henry... 754 00:48:04,718 --> 00:48:05,919 brilliant save! 755 00:48:06,686 --> 00:48:07,954 Pires! Goal! 756 00:48:09,823 --> 00:48:11,524 And I had the doubt as well. 757 00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:22,202 To get impossible targets... 758 00:48:23,403 --> 00:48:24,938 put the seed in their brains... 759 00:48:25,605 --> 00:48:27,440 and wait until it comes out. 760 00:48:35,115 --> 00:48:38,218 The more the dream looks impossible 761 00:48:39,753 --> 00:48:42,188 the more it can strengthen your motivation. 762 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,462 THUNDER RUMBLES 763 00:48:57,237 --> 00:48:59,139 JOURNALIST: There's no love lost between the two sides 764 00:48:59,239 --> 00:49:01,307 are you concerned that the match itself 765 00:49:01,608 --> 00:49:03,343 could degenerate in any shape or form? 766 00:49:04,444 --> 00:49:05,578 WENGER: No, not at all. 767 00:49:07,514 --> 00:49:09,916 FERGUSON: Now, these are the kind of games that come back to haunt you. 768 00:49:12,385 --> 00:49:14,220 It was us and Arsenal, us and Arsenal. 769 00:49:15,355 --> 00:49:17,590 I think the intensity between both clubs 770 00:49:17,857 --> 00:49:19,459 meant we knew we had to beat each other. 771 00:49:19,859 --> 00:49:23,263 You know if you go to Man United, you cannot lose 772 00:49:23,997 --> 00:49:25,632 if you want to win the Championship. 773 00:49:26,566 --> 00:49:28,802 CROWD CLAMORS IN DISTANCE 774 00:49:44,317 --> 00:49:46,886 I liked it because the football was rougher. 775 00:49:47,587 --> 00:49:49,622 The challenges were tougher. 776 00:49:49,956 --> 00:49:51,358 WHISTLE BLOWS 777 00:49:53,260 --> 00:49:55,595 It was a question of "It's you or me." 778 00:49:58,698 --> 00:50:00,767 You can't leave you character in the dressing room. 779 00:50:00,867 --> 00:50:02,102 It goes out on the pitch with you 780 00:50:02,902 --> 00:50:04,838 and Arsenal had to compete with that 781 00:50:05,205 --> 00:50:06,439 and they did very well at it. 782 00:50:08,475 --> 00:50:10,243 VIEIRA: It went to a different level 783 00:50:10,377 --> 00:50:12,779 because they are feeling that... 784 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:15,115 we are close to them. 785 00:50:15,181 --> 00:50:16,983 CROWD ROARS - WHISTLE BLOWS 786 00:50:18,385 --> 00:50:19,519 And there was an incident. 787 00:50:20,620 --> 00:50:21,921 WHISTLE BLOWS 788 00:50:23,223 --> 00:50:24,624 COMMENTATOR: Vieira kicking out there! 789 00:50:24,991 --> 00:50:26,793 WENGER: Van Nistelrooy made more of it 790 00:50:27,227 --> 00:50:29,162 than it was, of course. 791 00:50:29,662 --> 00:50:32,232 But it was normal. It was United. HE LAUGHS 792 00:50:32,298 --> 00:50:33,600 Patrick tried to kick him. 793 00:50:33,767 --> 00:50:35,502 COMMENTATOR: Steve Bennett thinks that he did. 794 00:50:36,236 --> 00:50:38,400 Even though he didn't make contact 795 00:50:38,104 --> 00:50:40,600 the intent was there. 796 00:50:41,141 --> 00:50:43,476 COMMENTATOR: He's off! - CROWD CHEERS 797 00:50:49,549 --> 00:50:51,718 VIEIRA: I was so mad, I was so... 798 00:50:55,689 --> 00:50:57,157 crazy in my head that... 799 00:50:59,125 --> 00:51:02,562 I was against the referee and United. 800 00:51:03,129 --> 00:51:05,231 CROWD BOOS 801 00:51:07,967 --> 00:51:09,402 Then we had to survive. 802 00:51:11,905 --> 00:51:13,707 KEOWN: The game changed completely. 803 00:51:14,307 --> 00:51:16,309 You don't wanna be the weakness, you don't wanna be the weak link. 804 00:51:18,311 --> 00:51:19,579 You don't wanna let anyone down. 805 00:51:20,780 --> 00:51:22,382 COMMENTATOR: In towards Forlan... 806 00:51:23,249 --> 00:51:25,118 Manchester United want a penalty... 807 00:51:25,185 --> 00:51:27,887 WHISTLE BLOWS - ...and they've got one! 808 00:51:29,489 --> 00:51:30,757 KEOWN: I've given the penalty away. 809 00:51:32,826 --> 00:51:33,727 It's all on me. 810 00:51:37,997 --> 00:51:40,266 I was thinking it's a robbery. 811 00:51:41,301 --> 00:51:42,869 We can lose this game now. 812 00:51:43,470 --> 00:51:44,671 It's unbelievable. 813 00:51:45,739 --> 00:51:53,279 (FRENCH) 814 00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:54,714 Never had a doubt when 815 00:51:54,781 --> 00:51:57,830 Van Nistelrooy had to take an important penalty. 816 00:51:57,517 --> 00:51:58,885 100% confident. 817 00:52:09,195 --> 00:52:10,463 WENGER: What did I say? 818 00:52:13,330 --> 00:52:14,000 Destiny. 819 00:52:17,300 --> 00:52:19,739 At that moment, you have no control. 820 00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:23,777 The moment controls you. 821 00:52:24,310 --> 00:52:25,879 WHISTLE BLOWS - COMMENTATOR: The responsibility rests 822 00:52:25,945 --> 00:52:28,114 with Ruud Van Nistelrooy. 823 00:52:29,582 --> 00:52:31,518 WENGER: Life is about millimeters... 824 00:52:32,952 --> 00:52:34,220 about timing. 825 00:52:42,228 --> 00:52:43,663 COMMENTATOR: Oh! He's missed it! 826 00:52:50,300 --> 00:52:51,370 He hit the bar. 827 00:52:51,838 --> 00:52:52,872 Justice. 828 00:52:56,476 --> 00:52:59,145 But that was not the end of it, you know. 829 00:52:59,279 --> 00:53:01,648 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS - COMMENTATOR: It's the final whistle. 830 00:53:02,382 --> 00:53:04,584 And Arsenal do get their draw. 831 00:53:06,186 --> 00:53:07,387 All hell broke loose. 832 00:53:07,721 --> 00:53:09,289 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS 833 00:53:10,790 --> 00:53:13,526 FERGUSON: They all had a target on Ruud Van Nistelrooy. 834 00:53:14,327 --> 00:53:15,428 We let him have it. 835 00:53:17,630 --> 00:53:19,833 WENGER: I don't know what went through the head of Martin Keown. 836 00:53:20,300 --> 00:53:22,869 PIRES: 837 00:53:31,945 --> 00:53:33,460 I loved it. 838 00:53:33,713 --> 00:53:34,714 I loved it. 839 00:53:37,384 --> 00:53:40,887 People always say that's too aggressive, people always say that's not football 840 00:53:41,621 --> 00:53:44,624 but that was I think an image of 841 00:53:44,958 --> 00:53:46,426 who we were as a team. 842 00:53:49,396 --> 00:53:51,965 It's not just about the talent that we had. 843 00:53:53,366 --> 00:53:54,567 We could go to war. 844 00:53:57,137 --> 00:53:58,238 The FA will be looking at that. 845 00:53:59,739 --> 00:54:01,808 I think the FA will be looking at all of the incidents 846 00:54:01,875 --> 00:54:02,942 at the end of the game. 847 00:54:08,915 --> 00:54:10,183 WENGER: Martin Keown told me 848 00:54:10,283 --> 00:54:11,584 "I am ashamed, I am ashamed 849 00:54:11,685 --> 00:54:14,320 because my kids see that on television." 850 00:54:15,210 --> 00:54:17,123 I said, "You didn't do nothing wrong. 851 00:54:17,390 --> 00:54:19,759 Don't worry, we will defend you". 852 00:54:19,859 --> 00:54:20,794 CAMERAS CLICK 853 00:54:20,860 --> 00:54:23,830 REPORTER: The FA have charged Arsenal for failing to control their players 854 00:54:23,963 --> 00:54:27,330 while six members of the squad are also individually charged 855 00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:28,101 with misconduct. 856 00:54:28,668 --> 00:54:31,504 The club has been fined £175,000 857 00:54:31,604 --> 00:54:33,606 and warned about its future behaviour. 858 00:54:34,841 --> 00:54:38,478 DEIN: It was a record fine and a record ban. 859 00:54:41,781 --> 00:54:44,951 FANS CHANT: Same old Arsenal, always cheating. 860 00:54:45,218 --> 00:54:48,388 Same old Arsenal, always cheating. 861 00:54:48,755 --> 00:54:51,424 Same old Arsenal, always cheating. 862 00:54:54,661 --> 00:54:56,596 BERGKAMP: You wanna have an enemy, as a team. 863 00:54:57,197 --> 00:54:58,598 You wanna blame someone. 864 00:54:58,798 --> 00:55:00,200 Anyone who punished us. 865 00:55:00,834 --> 00:55:02,202 COMMENTATOR: This is Aliadiere... 866 00:55:02,369 --> 00:55:03,470 and now Edu... 867 00:55:03,937 --> 00:55:06,339 We had each other's back. 868 00:55:08,541 --> 00:55:09,642 ...Pires... 869 00:55:10,910 --> 00:55:12,579 oh, it's a fabulous shot! 870 00:55:12,679 --> 00:55:14,914 And a wonderful goal by Robert Pires! 871 00:55:15,715 --> 00:55:17,617 Arsenal lead at Anfield. 872 00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:19,919 CROWD CHEERS 873 00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:25,458 (FRENCH) 874 00:55:29,929 --> 00:55:33,366 WENGER: It created a sense of unity inside the team. 875 00:55:34,801 --> 00:55:36,436 It strengthened our desire. 876 00:55:36,703 --> 00:55:39,205 PLAYERS YELL AND CHEER 877 00:55:41,741 --> 00:55:43,443 We didn't say goodbye to a title. 878 00:55:59,325 --> 00:56:02,620 (FRENCH) 879 00:56:05,965 --> 00:56:07,100 WENGER: I traveled around the world 880 00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,502 my brother didn't want to leave his village. 881 00:56:11,905 --> 00:56:13,340 And football was not a job. 882 00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:16,943 Football is something you do when you don't work. 883 00:56:22,282 --> 00:56:25,352 FERGUSON: People brought up in these areas have a foundation. 884 00:56:26,386 --> 00:56:28,321 The discipline and the work rate... 885 00:56:30,623 --> 00:56:33,927 There's something that's driven inside Arséne that said, "Well 886 00:56:34,561 --> 00:56:35,762 I want better than this." 887 00:56:37,764 --> 00:56:43,737 BERNADETTE: 888 00:56:48,508 --> 00:56:51,244 WENGER: My parents came to watch Arsenal specially 889 00:56:51,311 --> 00:56:52,579 when I won my first double. 890 00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:56,549 After that, it was a bit more difficult. 891 00:56:58,518 --> 00:57:02,122 My father maybe contributed more than you'd think. 892 00:57:03,323 --> 00:57:06,192 He never told me, "Well done". 893 00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:08,128 No. 894 00:57:09,362 --> 00:57:10,997 He said, "You can do better". 895 00:57:12,650 --> 00:57:13,967 That strive for perfection 896 00:57:14,340 --> 00:57:16,803 that desire to do well certainly comes from him. 897 00:57:20,607 --> 00:57:22,809 At that time, you educated people 898 00:57:22,876 --> 00:57:24,778 to work hard, to give their best 899 00:57:25,445 --> 00:57:27,580 and to be ready to suffer. 900 00:57:29,849 --> 00:57:32,285 FERGUSON: This creates a certain stubbornness about you 901 00:57:32,385 --> 00:57:33,987 that you know where you've come from. 902 00:57:34,287 --> 00:57:37,123 That working-class ethic is gonna be there all the time. 903 00:57:47,330 --> 00:57:49,690 WENGER: Contrary to what people think 904 00:57:49,969 --> 00:57:53,940 the 2004 season was not the Rolls Royce season. 905 00:57:57,177 --> 00:57:59,112 I was not sure that we could 906 00:57:59,379 --> 00:58:01,548 continue the whole season unbeaten. 907 00:58:02,849 --> 00:58:05,885 COMMENTATOR: ...and the whistle goes. Arsenal have hung on. 908 00:58:07,200 --> 00:58:08,355 WENGER: You have to prepare. 909 00:58:08,621 --> 00:58:11,157 You go out on a stormy night. 910 00:58:12,192 --> 00:58:13,159 COMMENTATOR: Bolton Wanderers... 911 00:58:13,226 --> 00:58:15,662 unfortunate not to have taken all three points. 912 00:58:18,264 --> 00:58:21,101 WENGER: Show me that you can go home without losing a game. 913 00:58:24,838 --> 00:58:27,507 I think it's a real definition of humility. 914 00:58:27,741 --> 00:58:29,342 CROWD CHEERS 915 00:58:29,476 --> 00:58:31,544 COMMENTATOR: A mammoth psychological boost. 916 00:58:31,745 --> 00:58:34,381 A huge win at Highbury for Arsenal. 917 00:58:36,783 --> 00:58:40,487 HENRY: Highbury, in those hard moments gave us... 918 00:58:41,521 --> 00:58:42,389 everything. 919 00:58:43,356 --> 00:58:44,524 Life... 920 00:58:45,258 --> 00:58:46,226 power... 921 00:58:46,826 --> 00:58:48,128 will, desire. 922 00:58:48,995 --> 00:58:51,598 FANS SING: Arsenal 923 00:58:51,865 --> 00:58:54,801 Arsenal FC. 924 00:58:56,936 --> 00:58:59,390 WENGER: There is something special about Highbury. 925 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:01,474 I still go back. 926 00:59:04,911 --> 00:59:07,947 When you're half a mile away, you still don't see the stadium. 927 00:59:08,381 --> 00:59:10,750 INDISTINCT STREET CHATTER 928 00:59:12,485 --> 00:59:13,720 You look down... 929 00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:17,570 you see already the fans waiting for you. 930 00:59:17,991 --> 00:59:20,727 FANS CHANT: Arsenal, Arsenal, Arsenal. 931 00:59:20,827 --> 00:59:24,497 WENGER: You go out of your coach and you go through your supporters. 932 00:59:25,231 --> 00:59:27,967 FANS CHEER AND APPLAUD 933 00:59:31,905 --> 00:59:34,240 Everything was small, the corridors were small. 934 00:59:36,943 --> 00:59:40,714 But all the ancestors had their spirit in there. 935 00:59:40,780 --> 00:59:41,848 Are you OK? 936 00:59:48,521 --> 00:59:50,423 When you took a corner at Highbury 937 00:59:50,523 --> 00:59:52,359 you could shake the hand of the fans. 938 00:59:53,460 --> 00:59:55,462 You could speak with the supporters. 939 00:59:58,365 --> 00:59:59,499 Or worse, you know. 940 01:00:02,202 --> 01:00:03,203 After games 941 01:00:03,269 --> 01:00:06,473 the fans knew we were in the dressing room with the connection on the wall. 942 01:00:06,606 --> 01:00:08,141 PLAYERS LAUGH 943 01:00:08,441 --> 01:00:10,777 The players responded by opening the window. 944 01:00:11,845 --> 01:00:13,947 So I had Ian Wright shouting with the fans 945 01:00:14,470 --> 01:00:16,149 "I will see you when I come out," you know? 946 01:00:22,989 --> 01:00:26,192 Sometimes I need to have that feeling again, you know? 947 01:00:26,459 --> 01:00:29,396 And I go up the road and go down, like before. 948 01:00:33,166 --> 01:00:34,300 It was real. 949 01:00:34,968 --> 01:00:37,504 And you cannot find that back 950 01:00:37,804 --> 01:00:39,406 when you build a new stadium. 951 01:00:44,110 --> 01:00:46,980 REPORTER: Arsenal are planning to move out of historic Highbury 952 01:00:47,800 --> 01:00:48,715 REPORTER 2: Arsenal spent years of planning 953 01:00:48,782 --> 01:00:49,983 and millions of pounds 954 01:00:50,830 --> 01:00:52,218 on a plan to move to a new stadium. 955 01:00:57,190 --> 01:00:59,659 DEIN: We had to move. There was no doubt about it. 956 01:01:01,394 --> 01:01:04,297 We had a wait list of about 50,000 people for tickets. 957 01:01:05,665 --> 01:01:07,634 I could see ourselves left behind. 958 01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:12,720 FANS SING: Chelsea, Chelsea. 959 01:01:12,339 --> 01:01:15,809 Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea. 960 01:01:16,900 --> 01:01:18,178 Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea 961 01:01:20,847 --> 01:01:21,848 WENGER: During that season 962 01:01:21,915 --> 01:01:24,384 Chelsea was, for a long period, top of the league. 963 01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:28,488 Abramovich came in... 964 01:01:30,924 --> 01:01:32,726 and there was no financial fair play. 965 01:01:33,660 --> 01:01:36,129 REPORTER: The biggest spending spree in footballing history... 966 01:01:36,196 --> 01:01:38,298 REPORTER 2: 76 million pounds' worth of talent 967 01:01:38,565 --> 01:01:40,967 to bring the Premiership title to West London. 968 01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:45,505 WENGER: It was the ideal moment to buy football clubs 969 01:01:45,605 --> 01:01:47,240 because you could do what you wanted. 970 01:01:50,777 --> 01:01:52,780 I told the players 971 01:01:52,445 --> 01:01:53,480 "It's now or never." 972 01:01:53,546 --> 01:01:54,914 FAN: Go on, Chelsea! 973 01:01:58,180 --> 01:01:59,686 KEOWN: Wenger had got it to fever pitch. 974 01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:03,523 FANS SING: Come on Chelsea, Come on Chelsea. 975 01:02:04,324 --> 01:02:06,393 You didn't wanna be in the team that lost. 976 01:02:09,796 --> 01:02:11,431 COMMENTATOR: Bergkamp... Vieira... 977 01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:15,268 a captain's contribution! 978 01:02:15,668 --> 01:02:17,537 CO-COMMENTATOR: They've absolutely carved them open. 979 01:02:17,904 --> 01:02:19,806 WENGER: The vibes coming out of the team 980 01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:22,342 are always dictated by the fans. 981 01:02:23,643 --> 01:02:26,790 They know if it's a real team out there. 982 01:02:27,747 --> 01:02:28,782 COMMENTATOR: Edu puts it in! 983 01:02:29,820 --> 01:02:31,151 It's all happened inside 20 minutes! 984 01:02:32,419 --> 01:02:33,787 BERGKAMP: When you're at the top 985 01:02:33,887 --> 01:02:36,389 you wanna show the ones who wanna take over 986 01:02:37,390 --> 01:02:38,958 "Wait a minute, it's not your turn yet 987 01:02:39,250 --> 01:02:40,160 we're still here". 988 01:02:40,226 --> 01:02:41,661 And that's what we did. 989 01:03:02,582 --> 01:03:04,317 WENGER: I have the addiction gene. 990 01:03:07,153 --> 01:03:08,421 One negative side effect 991 01:03:08,521 --> 01:03:12,392 is that you don't develop some aspects of your personality 992 01:03:12,459 --> 01:03:14,600 that you could have developed in your life. 993 01:03:17,764 --> 01:03:21,701 More sensitivity, more caring about people. 994 01:03:23,737 --> 01:03:27,140 That's where my daughter started at school. 995 01:03:28,410 --> 01:03:29,309 And this school 996 01:03:29,743 --> 01:03:33,713 has seen the Premier League trophy and the FA Cup. 997 01:03:38,718 --> 01:03:39,953 I feel guilty. 998 01:03:41,588 --> 01:03:44,257 My passion created selfishness. 999 01:03:46,726 --> 01:03:47,660 WENGER IN INTERVIEW: Every night. 1000 01:03:48,328 --> 01:03:50,697 Like I have my dinner, I have my football game. 1001 01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:57,300 Sometimes of course, on Sundays, you have so many games that uh... 1002 01:03:57,404 --> 01:04:00,400 in the end, you go to bed, you don't know what you have seen anymore. 1003 01:04:03,476 --> 01:04:05,450 My passion made me 1004 01:04:05,345 --> 01:04:07,747 not to take care enough of people around me. 1005 01:04:10,717 --> 01:04:13,386 I would've loved to have a bigger family. 1006 01:04:14,870 --> 01:04:16,823 And the fact that I was so focused on football 1007 01:04:17,257 --> 01:04:19,225 I'm today very grateful 1008 01:04:19,392 --> 01:04:20,427 to have a daughter. 1009 01:04:23,630 --> 01:04:27,500 Certainly, my balance was too much in favour 1010 01:04:27,967 --> 01:04:30,904 of the club and not enough in favour of my family. 1011 01:04:35,208 --> 01:04:37,430 I try to repair that now. 1012 01:04:37,143 --> 01:04:38,511 HE CHUCKLES 1013 01:04:42,649 --> 01:04:45,850 Competition at all costs 1014 01:04:45,318 --> 01:04:48,688 is something that destroys a part of your personality. 1015 01:04:50,857 --> 01:04:53,193 This desire of hating to lose 1016 01:04:53,460 --> 01:04:56,229 makes you sometimes somebody inhuman. 1017 01:05:16,850 --> 01:05:20,153 HENRY: At the time, we were going for the treble. 1018 01:05:22,922 --> 01:05:24,758 WRIGHT: Arséne Wenger, mentally... 1019 01:05:25,759 --> 01:05:28,728 would've been one of the hardest weeks in his football career. 1020 01:05:30,497 --> 01:05:32,599 KEOWN: We had a week of trauma. 1021 01:05:33,566 --> 01:05:34,601 Madness. 1022 01:05:39,139 --> 01:05:40,473 WENGER: I made a mistake. 1023 01:05:41,608 --> 01:05:44,577 I played the regular team cos it was Man United. 1024 01:05:44,778 --> 01:05:46,746 CROWD ROARS - COMMENTATOR: It's Ryan Giggs! 1025 01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:48,515 Back to Scholes! 1026 01:05:49,983 --> 01:05:52,185 The treble dream is over. 1027 01:05:54,988 --> 01:05:56,956 WENGER: We went into the Chelsea game 1028 01:05:57,357 --> 01:05:59,250 physically diminished. 1029 01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:03,329 CROWD CLAMORS 1030 01:06:03,596 --> 01:06:04,464 We collapsed. 1031 01:06:05,432 --> 01:06:07,300 COMMENTATOR: Wayne Bridge could win it... he has! 1032 01:06:11,538 --> 01:06:12,839 WRIGHT: Going out the FA Cup 1033 01:06:12,906 --> 01:06:14,740 going out of the Champions League 1034 01:06:14,841 --> 01:06:16,943 and the pressure of being The Invincibles. 1035 01:06:18,712 --> 01:06:20,800 WENGER: You go very quickly 1036 01:06:20,246 --> 01:06:22,515 into confidence crisis. 1037 01:06:25,218 --> 01:06:27,487 Every loss becomes more difficult 1038 01:06:27,721 --> 01:06:29,322 to repair the damage done. 1039 01:06:39,650 --> 01:06:41,368 HENRY: There is so much happening in the season 1040 01:06:41,434 --> 01:06:43,937 that people do not... know. 1041 01:06:44,637 --> 01:06:47,307 REPORTER: Arsenal's World has turned upside down this week. 1042 01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:50,143 HENRY: It was taboo to talk about mental health. 1043 01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:53,947 JOURNALIST: 1044 01:06:54,881 --> 01:06:56,783 Do you know the amount of pressure that you have to go through 1045 01:06:56,883 --> 01:06:57,784 during a season? 1046 01:06:58,118 --> 01:07:00,987 Because you're the go-to guy, because you're the coach. 1047 01:07:02,956 --> 01:07:04,591 WENGER: You have such a crazy schedule 1048 01:07:04,657 --> 01:07:07,994 that if it was today, it would be a big, big blow. 1049 01:07:11,998 --> 01:07:14,501 Liverpool, 2004. Good Friday. 1050 01:07:16,236 --> 01:07:18,405 The decisive moment of that season. 1051 01:07:31,184 --> 01:07:33,860 I still can remember today 1052 01:07:33,286 --> 01:07:34,721 that tension in the stadium. 1053 01:07:37,557 --> 01:07:39,859 COMMENTATOR: And turned in by Sami Hyypiä! 1054 01:07:45,650 --> 01:07:46,433 HENRY: When Michael Owen scored 1055 01:07:47,701 --> 01:07:49,502 I felt like Highbury died. 1056 01:07:50,103 --> 01:07:51,237 COMMENTATOR: Gerrard... 1057 01:07:51,938 --> 01:07:53,740 oh and he's picked out Michael Owen! 1058 01:07:57,344 --> 01:07:59,312 CROWD WHISTLES AND JEERS 1059 01:08:01,548 --> 01:08:03,350 I felt like something was gone. 1060 01:08:03,583 --> 01:08:05,285 HALF TIME WHISTLE BLOWS 1061 01:08:07,387 --> 01:08:08,588 WENGER: We were in shock. 1062 01:08:13,626 --> 01:08:15,729 How quickly you can go from 1063 01:08:16,129 --> 01:08:18,198 being on a high to a low, it was unbelievable 1064 01:08:18,264 --> 01:08:19,466 in four or five days. 1065 01:08:23,870 --> 01:08:25,839 KEOWN: I've never been in a dressing room that was so low. 1066 01:08:28,608 --> 01:08:30,110 Down, hurt, wounded. 1067 01:08:35,382 --> 01:08:38,685 WENGER: The manager can reduce crisis time. 1068 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:42,522 That is something very important. 1069 01:08:45,250 --> 01:08:48,128 "Invincible" is linked with a mental resilience. 1070 01:08:49,963 --> 01:08:51,598 It is something deeper. 1071 01:08:56,360 --> 01:08:58,538 A refusal of defeat at any costs. 1072 01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,343 CROWD CHEERS AND ROARS 1073 01:09:03,843 --> 01:09:05,779 Don't give in ever. 1074 01:09:09,349 --> 01:09:11,985 All I can remember is me coming out of the tunnel. 1075 01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:15,155 I just wanted to go back on the field 1076 01:09:15,221 --> 01:09:16,790 and rectify what had been done. 1077 01:09:18,458 --> 01:09:20,260 WENGER: The special players 1078 01:09:20,126 --> 01:09:22,595 they find solutions at the moment where you need them. 1079 01:09:22,796 --> 01:09:23,663 Wow, let's go. 1080 01:09:23,997 --> 01:09:25,231 CROWD CLAMORS 1081 01:09:25,365 --> 01:09:26,466 COMMENTATOR: Henry... 1082 01:09:28,340 --> 01:09:30,170 past Hamann, who got nowhere near him... 1083 01:09:30,270 --> 01:09:31,905 For him to come up with a goal like that 1084 01:09:32,500 --> 01:09:33,940 in a game like that, after a week like that... 1085 01:09:34,474 --> 01:09:35,508 it was Superman stuff. 1086 01:09:35,675 --> 01:09:37,544 ...and still going, Thierry Henry! 1087 01:09:39,379 --> 01:09:40,747 When I took that ball 1088 01:09:40,947 --> 01:09:43,116 I said to myself, "I'm going to goal 1089 01:09:43,183 --> 01:09:44,617 no matter what." 1090 01:09:46,486 --> 01:09:48,755 COMMENTATOR: Running at Hamann, and away from him... 1091 01:09:49,890 --> 01:09:51,124 running at Carragher, and away from him! 1092 01:09:51,191 --> 01:09:52,759 Still Thierry Henry! 1093 01:09:52,959 --> 01:09:55,610 Fantastic goal! - CROWD CHEERS 1094 01:09:58,640 --> 01:10:01,434 A simply sensational solo effort! 1095 01:10:01,868 --> 01:10:03,103 HENRY: When I scored that goal 1096 01:10:03,370 --> 01:10:05,205 I felt like we all scored it. 1097 01:10:06,506 --> 01:10:08,341 And I felt like everything came back 1098 01:10:09,342 --> 01:10:10,977 to a... HE EXHALES DEEPLY 1099 01:10:11,544 --> 01:10:14,447 COMMENTATOR: Dennis Bergkamp, lifted over the top for Thierry Henry... 1100 01:10:14,914 --> 01:10:18,118 WENGER: It was just like a machine working on full cylinders again. 1101 01:10:18,918 --> 01:10:21,888 COMMENTATOR: And all the traumas of the week are left behind! 1102 01:10:26,359 --> 01:10:28,762 WENGER: We had passed the doubt period 1103 01:10:29,763 --> 01:10:31,297 come back to full strength. 1104 01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:36,102 Wow. 1105 01:10:37,437 --> 01:10:40,907 CROWD CHANTS INDISTINCTLY 1106 01:10:42,542 --> 01:10:44,878 REPORTER: Do they have the word "choking” in French? 1107 01:10:44,978 --> 01:10:47,714 That's not the kind of word I have in my dictionary, so... 1108 01:10:47,781 --> 01:10:48,882 REPORTER: I didn't think it was. 1109 01:10:48,948 --> 01:10:51,418 FANS SING: Are you watching? Are you watching?. 1110 01:10:51,551 --> 01:10:53,420 Are you watching, Tottenham? 1111 01:10:53,553 --> 01:10:56,156 Are you watching, Tottenham? 1112 01:11:02,529 --> 01:11:03,997 WENGER: Just before the game 1113 01:11:04,364 --> 01:11:07,634 we knew that with a draw we were champions. 1114 01:11:14,708 --> 01:11:16,976 FANS SING: Me love you Arsenal, we do... 1115 01:11:17,510 --> 01:11:23,516 IN FRENCH: 1116 01:11:30,790 --> 01:11:32,592 COMMENTATOR: Henry... look at that 1117 01:11:32,992 --> 01:11:34,227 away from Redknapp... 1118 01:11:34,828 --> 01:11:36,262 BERGKAMP: We knew exactly from each other 1119 01:11:36,363 --> 01:11:38,231 where we would play on the pitch. 1120 01:11:39,366 --> 01:11:41,568 COMMENTATOR: Pires in the middle... it's Dennis Bergkamp 1121 01:11:41,768 --> 01:11:42,969 and Vieira 1122 01:11:43,690 --> 01:11:45,105 FANS YELL AND CHEER 1123 01:11:46,239 --> 01:11:47,907 Everyone knew what to do. 1124 01:11:48,274 --> 01:11:50,100 FANS YELL AND CHEER 1125 01:11:50,276 --> 01:11:51,644 That's an amazing feeling. 1126 01:11:53,313 --> 01:11:54,447 COMMENTATOR: Bergkamp... 1127 01:11:55,315 --> 01:11:56,349 here's Vieira... 1128 01:11:56,883 --> 01:11:59,319 and Robert Pires makes it two! 1129 01:11:59,719 --> 01:12:01,821 It's brilliant from Arsenal! 1130 01:12:05,125 --> 01:12:07,327 BERGKAMP: This football is close to perfection. 1131 01:12:10,630 --> 01:12:11,998 That summed up Arséne's vision. 1132 01:12:13,633 --> 01:12:14,667 What a pleasure. 1133 01:12:15,402 --> 01:12:17,237 HE LAUGHS 1134 01:12:17,303 --> 01:12:19,739 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS - CROWD CHEERS 1135 01:12:19,839 --> 01:12:22,108 COMMENTATOR: And Arsenal are champions. 1136 01:12:22,275 --> 01:12:25,780 FANS CHEER AND SHOUT 1137 01:12:25,245 --> 01:12:27,747 WENGER: This team was a perfect mixture 1138 01:12:28,480 --> 01:12:31,718 of continental influence on the way to see football 1139 01:12:32,118 --> 01:12:35,689 but in a British environment and with British cultures. 1140 01:12:35,989 --> 01:12:37,924 FANS CHEER 1141 01:12:41,127 --> 01:12:45,498 Perfect immigration by respecting local values. 1142 01:12:45,765 --> 01:12:47,634 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! 1143 01:12:47,701 --> 01:12:50,170 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! 1144 01:12:50,236 --> 01:12:51,638 Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! 1145 01:12:53,673 --> 01:12:56,142 WENGER BREATHES HEAVILY 1146 01:13:00,180 --> 01:13:02,148 WENGER: I told them, "It's down to you now. 1147 01:13:06,190 --> 01:13:07,354 If you want to ease off 1148 01:13:07,721 --> 01:13:11,191 and just accept that you become a normal human being 1149 01:13:11,257 --> 01:13:12,959 once he has achieved something... 1150 01:13:17,864 --> 01:13:20,266 or do you want to do something special... 1151 01:13:23,436 --> 01:13:25,710 COMMENTATOR: It's Reyes! 1152 01:13:26,339 --> 01:13:27,640 ...become immortal?" 1153 01:13:40,487 --> 01:13:42,220 KEOWN: It was another day in the sun. 1154 01:13:42,756 --> 01:13:43,923 The trophy's there. 1155 01:13:44,724 --> 01:13:46,359 CROWD CHEERS 1156 01:13:46,659 --> 01:13:47,961 We go a goal down. 1157 01:13:49,929 --> 01:13:52,899 IN FRENCH: 1158 01:13:59,406 --> 01:14:00,707 WHISTLE BLOWS 1159 01:14:01,474 --> 01:14:02,642 CROWD CHEERS 1160 01:14:07,514 --> 01:14:10,684 WENGER: There is something symbolic in Patrick Vieira's destiny. 1161 01:14:11,985 --> 01:14:16,389 COMMENTATOR: Magic ball from Bergkamp to Patrick Vieira! 1162 01:14:17,557 --> 01:14:19,559 WENGER: People questioned me when I arrived. 1163 01:14:20,727 --> 01:14:22,662 The first player I bought was Patrick. 1164 01:14:23,963 --> 01:14:25,310 What a player. 1165 01:14:26,366 --> 01:14:27,867 COMMENTATOR: The build-up begins... 1166 01:14:28,968 --> 01:14:31,271 to a magical, magical moment. 1167 01:14:31,438 --> 01:14:33,273 FINAL WHISTLE BLOWS - CROWD CHEERS 1168 01:14:33,440 --> 01:14:38,778 Arsenal have gone through an entire league campaign without losing. 1169 01:14:41,381 --> 01:14:43,783 HE BREATHES HEAVILY 1170 01:14:43,917 --> 01:14:46,820 CONFETTI CANNONS BOOM - CROWD CHEERS 1171 01:14:55,929 --> 01:14:57,300 VIEIRA: You never know... 1172 01:14:57,464 --> 01:14:59,799 how good you are, you never know where you can go 1173 01:15:00,100 --> 01:15:02,680 and I think this team will be remembered forever now. 1174 01:15:05,438 --> 01:15:07,307 It was just one big joy. 1175 01:15:09,242 --> 01:15:11,444 It was fantastic to be part of it. 1176 01:15:12,312 --> 01:15:14,314 It's the highest that you can achieve as a team. 1177 01:15:15,882 --> 01:15:18,551 HENRY: We all became individually invincible 1178 01:15:19,119 --> 01:15:21,554 but we are "Invincibles". 1179 01:15:22,288 --> 01:15:24,791 To be able to achieve that, it's second to none. 1180 01:15:25,759 --> 01:15:27,527 REPORTER: "I think we can go the whole season unbeaten” 1181 01:15:27,594 --> 01:15:29,290 well, he was a man ahead of himself, wasn't he? 1182 01:15:29,129 --> 01:15:32,465 He said that 18 months ago and today he's finally been proved right. 1183 01:15:38,905 --> 01:15:40,540 WENGER: It was the moment 1184 01:15:41,107 --> 01:15:43,443 where I fulfilled the dream of my life. 1185 01:15:49,820 --> 01:15:51,785 The fact that I could convince this group 1186 01:15:51,951 --> 01:15:53,920 to achieve something that they... 1187 01:15:54,721 --> 01:15:56,589 would not think would be possible. 1188 01:15:58,825 --> 01:16:02,362 I've done my job in a perfect way one year... 1189 01:16:05,650 --> 01:16:07,434 and I'm so proud for having done it. 1190 01:16:20,480 --> 01:16:23,483 DISTANT CHANTS ECHO 1191 01:16:42,168 --> 01:16:43,803 INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER 1192 01:16:48,475 --> 01:16:49,909 WENGER: Look well at the pitch here 1193 01:16:50,430 --> 01:16:53,790 that's the pitch where we'll make a disaster in a few minutes. 1194 01:16:57,884 --> 01:16:59,586 Sometimes I wonder... 1195 01:17:00,620 --> 01:17:03,990 was something broken after that invincible season? 1196 01:17:09,229 --> 01:17:12,399 Because I had done what I really wanted deeply. 1197 01:17:13,900 --> 01:17:17,300 PLAYERS YELL INDISTINCTLY 1198 01:17:18,304 --> 01:17:19,506 Is it a symbol? 1199 01:17:21,741 --> 01:17:22,909 Is it linked with me? 1200 01:17:23,900 --> 01:17:26,713 That after that, when I thought I had achieved the highest level 1201 01:17:26,846 --> 01:17:28,281 that I didn't do it again? 1202 01:17:32,285 --> 01:17:36,156 (FRENCH) 1203 01:17:37,223 --> 01:17:40,126 We were there, and he was there, and... 1204 01:17:40,427 --> 01:17:43,663 we climbed up the mountain, but, yeah... what now? 1205 01:17:47,567 --> 01:17:49,569 WENGER: I meet many huge champions. 1206 01:17:50,537 --> 01:17:53,306 They talk to you only about what they lost... 1207 01:17:55,308 --> 01:17:57,844 because success is easy to absorb 1208 01:17:58,478 --> 01:18:00,513 but the defeat remains forever. 1209 01:18:06,786 --> 01:18:07,987 Highbury... 1210 01:18:08,888 --> 01:18:09,756 my soul. 1211 01:18:09,823 --> 01:18:11,624 TRAIN RATTLES 1212 01:18:11,925 --> 01:18:12,992 The Emirates... 1213 01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:15,261 my suffering. 1214 01:18:18,832 --> 01:18:21,201 I could see that times would be more difficult. 1215 01:18:22,836 --> 01:18:25,739 We started with a project at over 200 million 1216 01:18:25,839 --> 01:18:27,407 that we could basically afford. 1217 01:18:29,275 --> 01:18:32,145 Then we finished at 428 million. 1218 01:18:34,781 --> 01:18:36,950 FERGUSON: What it cost to get the new stadium... 1219 01:18:38,518 --> 01:18:39,786 it left them bare. 1220 01:18:45,125 --> 01:18:47,927 WENGER: 2007 was a decisive point. 1221 01:18:50,597 --> 01:18:51,631 OK. 1222 01:18:52,650 --> 01:18:55,635 It's the first time I could feel there were tensions inside the board. 1223 01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:00,640 David Dein had an agreement with Stan Kroenke 1224 01:19:00,707 --> 01:19:01,908 he wanted to bring in. 1225 01:19:02,709 --> 01:19:05,512 I was torn between being loyal to the club 1226 01:19:06,460 --> 01:19:07,681 and being loyal to David. 1227 01:19:09,449 --> 01:19:10,784 He actually wanted to leave. 1228 01:19:11,718 --> 01:19:13,586 And I said to him... 1229 01:19:14,888 --> 01:19:16,189 "You have to stay, Arséne." 1230 01:19:20,460 --> 01:19:23,830 I still today wonder if I did the right thing. 1231 01:19:25,465 --> 01:19:28,340 Because life was never exactly the same after. 1232 01:19:29,636 --> 01:19:31,671 REPORTER: Arséne, you have some news to tell us. 1233 01:19:31,738 --> 01:19:34,541 I extended my contract with Arsenal Football Club. 1234 01:19:35,508 --> 01:19:37,510 That is some good news for you, I hope. 1235 01:19:37,944 --> 01:19:39,245 It's good news for me. 1236 01:19:41,881 --> 01:19:44,918 I thought, "I have now to go to the end of this project." 1237 01:19:47,287 --> 01:19:49,356 I could've gone to the French national team 1238 01:19:49,422 --> 01:19:52,325 the English national team twice or three times, even. 1239 01:19:53,260 --> 01:19:54,994 I could've gone twice to Real Madrid. 1240 01:19:55,395 --> 01:19:58,264 I could've gone to Juventus, to Paris Saint Germain 1241 01:19:58,465 --> 01:19:59,599 even to Man United. 1242 01:19:59,833 --> 01:20:01,601 Very good, very good, very good. 1243 01:20:02,402 --> 01:20:04,637 My fatal flaw is that... 1244 01:20:05,739 --> 01:20:08,108 I love too much where I am. 1245 01:20:10,877 --> 01:20:11,911 Where I was. 1246 01:20:18,985 --> 01:20:20,320 HENRY: It's gonna be difficult. 1247 01:20:20,587 --> 01:20:21,521 Man! 1248 01:20:22,122 --> 01:20:23,923 WENGER: Once we moved into the stadium 1249 01:20:23,990 --> 01:20:26,626 between one and two, we moved to three and four. 1250 01:20:28,280 --> 01:20:29,629 We lost our best players. 1251 01:20:30,430 --> 01:20:31,631 HENRY: After Mr Dein left 1252 01:20:31,698 --> 01:20:35,368 I needed to be certain of where the club was going 1253 01:20:35,435 --> 01:20:38,638 and I wasn't, and I've chosen to go. 1254 01:20:39,806 --> 01:20:41,808 WENGER: Before, we lost them at 30 plus. 1255 01:20:42,242 --> 01:20:44,477 After, we lost them at 25 plus. 1256 01:20:45,645 --> 01:20:46,846 HE EXHALES 1257 01:20:50,250 --> 01:20:52,585 To work with restricted resources 1258 01:20:52,686 --> 01:20:55,822 and keep the club in a position where we can pay our debts back. 1259 01:20:57,123 --> 01:20:59,859 From 2006 to 2015 1260 01:21:00,260 --> 01:21:01,995 I personally think I did my best job. 1261 01:21:03,530 --> 01:21:05,832 KEOWN: There's lots of reasons, financial reasons 1262 01:21:05,899 --> 01:21:07,967 board struggles, the new stadium... 1263 01:21:09,350 --> 01:21:10,904 but I think he almost became a bit addicted 1264 01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:12,839 to wanting to prove he could win another Premier League. 1265 01:21:15,442 --> 01:21:18,178 WENGER: To be stubborn can be a strength and a weakness. 1266 01:21:18,545 --> 01:21:20,513 FAN: Wenger won't change his tactics. He won't change it, fam! 1267 01:21:20,580 --> 01:21:23,283 FAN 2: Not in a title race, season after season. 1268 01:21:23,516 --> 01:21:25,352 If anything, we 're going backwards. 1269 01:21:25,418 --> 01:21:28,154 Without strong beliefs, you do nothing in life 1270 01:21:28,621 --> 01:21:31,358 because you change every day, you go one day right and one day left. 1271 01:21:33,727 --> 01:21:36,196 CROWD CHEERS 1272 01:21:37,630 --> 01:21:40,967 I am the right man to lead this club further, and that's it. 1273 01:21:43,690 --> 01:21:45,500 It's not about popularity 1274 01:21:45,205 --> 01:21:47,640 it's about competence. 1275 01:21:48,675 --> 01:21:50,343 PLAYERS YELL 1276 01:21:50,477 --> 01:21:52,445 WRIGHT: I think one of his worst statements was 1277 01:21:52,512 --> 01:21:54,247 "Fourth is like a trophy". 1278 01:21:55,782 --> 01:21:57,684 KEOWN: What we saw on the pitch changed. 1279 01:21:58,685 --> 01:22:00,887 It became very technical, almost too technical. 1280 01:22:02,122 --> 01:22:04,758 Yes, he could've gone on many occasions, but he didn't. 1281 01:22:05,759 --> 01:22:08,161 And Arsenal gave a lot to him as well. 1282 01:22:13,433 --> 01:22:15,702 WRIGHT: The game against Chelsea... 1283 01:22:16,369 --> 01:22:18,400 it was his 1000th game. 1284 01:22:19,806 --> 01:22:21,675 CROWD CHEERS 1285 01:22:22,676 --> 01:22:24,477 6-0 the final score in that game. 1286 01:22:26,746 --> 01:22:28,515 The greatest manager in Arsenal's history 1287 01:22:28,581 --> 01:22:30,483 and the players perform like that. 1288 01:22:30,817 --> 01:22:32,318 PIERS MORGAN: How many of this team 1289 01:22:32,385 --> 01:22:35,488 would get in The Invincibles or either of Wenger's double-winning teams? 1290 01:22:36,122 --> 01:22:37,190 Zero. 1291 01:22:37,557 --> 01:22:39,592 There didn't seem to be any accountability 1292 01:22:39,659 --> 01:22:41,161 for people who played poorly. 1293 01:22:41,728 --> 01:22:43,997 They took his kindness for weakness. 1294 01:22:46,166 --> 01:22:49,836 HENRY: The boss had that magnificent attribute 1295 01:22:49,969 --> 01:22:52,105 of seeing the good always. 1296 01:22:52,505 --> 01:22:53,840 But at one point also 1297 01:22:54,700 --> 01:22:56,509 you need to see what you have and what's happening. 1298 01:22:57,577 --> 01:23:00,380 FANS CHANT: No new contract, no new contract. 1299 01:23:00,580 --> 01:23:03,316 No new contract, no new contract. 1300 01:23:03,917 --> 01:23:05,685 COMMENTATOR: Arséne Wenger, he's not happy 1301 01:23:05,752 --> 01:23:08,188 he seems to be getting more and more wound up at every decision. 1302 01:23:09,222 --> 01:23:10,357 DIXON: It was horrible. 1303 01:23:10,790 --> 01:23:11,958 The fall from grace 1304 01:23:12,659 --> 01:23:14,361 but it's his own making in the end. 1305 01:23:15,862 --> 01:23:19,165 Arsenal had its hooks in Arséne 1306 01:23:19,466 --> 01:23:21,267 and he couldn't break free. 1307 01:23:21,501 --> 01:23:24,704 FANS CHANT: Where's our money gone? Where's our money gone? 1308 01:23:24,838 --> 01:23:28,800 Me want our Arsenal back We want our Arsenal back. 1309 01:23:28,740 --> 01:23:30,643 BERGKAMP: That must not have been a nice period 1310 01:23:30,844 --> 01:23:33,713 but it's all down to doubt in his mind. 1311 01:23:34,748 --> 01:23:38,752 Maybe it would've been easier if he would've made a decision. 1312 01:23:39,719 --> 01:23:41,388 FAN: The power, the money... 1313 01:23:41,955 --> 01:23:44,724 he took that over what was best for Arsenal Football Club. 1314 01:23:45,158 --> 01:23:47,460 COMMENTATOR: More signs of Arsenal disgruntlement... 1315 01:23:47,794 --> 01:23:50,263 these have become increasingly regular. 1316 01:23:50,463 --> 01:23:52,699 FANS CHANT: We want Wenger out, say we want Wenger out. 1317 01:23:52,832 --> 01:23:54,868 WENGER: I'm very demanding with myself. 1318 01:23:56,360 --> 01:23:58,104 I should have delegated more. 1319 01:23:59,272 --> 01:24:02,242 Have I lost the quality of my judgment? 1320 01:24:02,475 --> 01:24:03,610 I don't know. 1321 01:24:03,943 --> 01:24:08,114 But my dedication, my desire to do well 1322 01:24:08,715 --> 01:24:10,250 was exactly the same. 1323 01:24:10,350 --> 01:24:13,920 FANS SING: We want Wenger out! Wenger out! 1324 01:24:15,622 --> 01:24:17,991 But I wish that you will see again 1325 01:24:18,558 --> 01:24:20,827 Arsenal 20 consecutive years 1326 01:24:20,927 --> 01:24:22,662 to qualify for the Champions League. 1327 01:24:22,762 --> 01:24:25,598 FANS CHANT: No new contract! No new contract! 1328 01:24:25,765 --> 01:24:28,435 No new contract! No new contract! 1329 01:24:28,835 --> 01:24:30,503 He kept them in Europe every year. 1330 01:24:31,104 --> 01:24:32,205 You know... 1331 01:24:32,405 --> 01:24:34,841 And yet, he was criticized. 1332 01:24:36,543 --> 01:24:40,460 These supporters maybe should be ashamed. 1333 01:24:42,849 --> 01:24:45,719 I thought in the... some movies in Hollywood 1334 01:24:45,785 --> 01:24:48,210 where there's always a great ending 1335 01:24:48,154 --> 01:24:50,230 or Sir Alex, that had a great ending. 1336 01:24:51,324 --> 01:24:53,626 Most of the time, endings are not great. 1337 01:24:57,697 --> 01:24:59,432 NEWS PRESENTER: Breaking news coming to us here 1338 01:24:59,499 --> 01:25:01,234 Arséne Wenger, the Arsenal manager 1339 01:25:01,301 --> 01:25:04,104 is to step down at the end of the season. 1340 01:25:12,712 --> 01:25:15,281 PRESS OFFICER: Hi, folks, thanks for coming down on short notice 1341 01:25:15,348 --> 01:25:17,830 on what is obviously a memorable day 1342 01:25:17,584 --> 01:25:18,818 for Arsenal Football Club. 1343 01:25:19,719 --> 01:25:21,221 IVAN GAZIDIS: Arséne changed the game. 1344 01:25:21,821 --> 01:25:24,457 He set a totally new standard. 1345 01:25:25,158 --> 01:25:27,927 And we will give him the send-off he deserves. 1346 01:25:33,660 --> 01:25:34,634 INDISTINCT CHATTER: 1347 01:25:34,768 --> 01:25:37,537 WOMAN: How far do you want them apart? — I just think width of the tunnel. 1348 01:25:37,670 --> 01:25:40,240 So then the boss is just literally gonna walk out, clap 1349 01:25:40,740 --> 01:25:42,475 and then it's normal match day. 1350 01:25:43,243 --> 01:25:45,879 FANS CHEER 1351 01:25:50,817 --> 01:25:52,519 WENGER: It's the end of your life. 1352 01:25:54,870 --> 01:25:55,555 At least of one life. 1353 01:25:58,425 --> 01:25:59,626 Like a funeral. 1354 01:26:00,860 --> 01:26:02,862 So after 22 years in charge 1355 01:26:02,962 --> 01:26:06,320 how did you think you'd expect to celebrate the emotions of the occasion? 1356 01:26:06,199 --> 01:26:09,569 FANS SING: One Arséne Wenger! There's only one Arsene Wenger. 1357 01:26:10,360 --> 01:26:12,739 One Arséne Wenger. 1358 01:26:17,510 --> 01:26:18,545 WENGER: On the day... 1359 01:26:18,745 --> 01:26:20,347 everybody's nice with you 1360 01:26:20,714 --> 01:26:22,382 and one week before 1361 01:26:23,490 --> 01:26:25,118 you had to face a lot of criticism. 1362 01:26:25,618 --> 01:26:28,388 Arsene Wenger, the visionary 1363 01:26:28,488 --> 01:26:30,390 Arsene Wenger, an inspiration. 1364 01:26:32,726 --> 01:26:37,397 (FRENCH) 1365 01:26:42,350 --> 01:26:44,504 ANNOUNCER: One of football's biggest figures 1366 01:26:44,604 --> 01:26:46,339 in this global age of ours 1367 01:26:46,439 --> 01:26:50,210 and most importantly, a special man. 1368 01:26:50,877 --> 01:26:51,911 VIEIRA: Arsene... 1369 01:26:53,790 --> 01:26:54,381 left Arsenal... 1370 01:26:54,948 --> 01:26:55,982 out of the back door 1371 01:26:56,820 --> 01:26:58,952 but even not the back door, I would say the back window. 1372 01:27:01,287 --> 01:27:03,990 ANNOUNCER: This, then, is Arsene Wenger. 1373 01:27:04,657 --> 01:27:07,360 The greatest manager we have ever had. 1374 01:27:07,527 --> 01:27:09,763 FANS APPLAUD AND CHEER 1375 01:27:11,998 --> 01:27:15,402 Please give him the greatest welcome you can. 1376 01:27:15,969 --> 01:27:18,405 BYSTANDERS APPLAUD 1377 01:27:24,440 --> 01:27:26,460 WENGER: You think about when you arrived... 1378 01:27:27,747 --> 01:27:29,549 all the players that you managed... 1379 01:27:31,818 --> 01:27:35,622 because you realise that it's the end. 1380 01:27:37,230 --> 01:27:39,926 PLAYERS APPLAUD - Thank you all very well 1381 01:27:40,593 --> 01:27:42,962 for having me for such a long time. 1382 01:27:44,698 --> 01:27:46,199 I know that's not easy. 1383 01:27:49,202 --> 01:27:51,538 FANS CHANT INDISTINCTLY 1384 01:27:52,439 --> 01:27:53,807 I will miss you. 1385 01:27:54,140 --> 01:27:56,676 CROWD APPLAUDS 1386 01:27:57,310 --> 01:28:00,460 WENGER: I managed to control my emotional side. 1387 01:28:05,885 --> 01:28:09,356 But of course, the end of a love story 1388 01:28:09,989 --> 01:28:11,224 is always sad. 1389 01:28:14,561 --> 01:28:17,163 GAZIDIS: Arsene will always have a place at the club. 1390 01:28:18,398 --> 01:28:22,350 Today it's too early to talk about what that might look like down the road. 1391 01:28:24,738 --> 01:28:28,308 Thank you all for being such an important part of my life 1392 01:28:28,675 --> 01:28:30,276 and hope to see you soon. 1393 01:28:30,443 --> 01:28:31,778 Well done. Bye-bye. 1394 01:28:32,112 --> 01:28:34,514 CROWD APPLAUDS AND CHEERS 1395 01:28:36,449 --> 01:28:38,985 FANS SING: There's only one Arséne Wenger. 1396 01:28:39,419 --> 01:28:41,554 One Arséne Wenger. 1397 01:28:50,497 --> 01:28:51,631 WENGER: I regret. 1398 01:28:54,868 --> 01:28:56,803 I should have gone somewhere else. 1399 01:28:59,205 --> 01:29:02,420 I identified myself completely with the club 1400 01:29:02,108 --> 01:29:05,745 and that was the mistake I made. 1401 01:29:08,148 --> 01:29:11,985 Now there is no special reason for me to go there. 1402 01:29:14,387 --> 01:29:18,124 All the rest is purely emotion... 1403 01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:22,262 and that is less important. 1404 01:29:24,597 --> 01:29:26,766 CHILDREN CHATTER INDISTINCTLY 1405 01:29:28,435 --> 01:29:30,870 INDISTINCT CHATTER 1406 01:29:32,939 --> 01:29:38,845 PHOTOGRAPHER: - ALL: 1407 01:29:38,912 --> 01:29:41,281 BYSTANDERS APPLAUD 1408 01:29:43,149 --> 01:29:44,918 WENGER: My village, they are proud 1409 01:29:45,418 --> 01:29:47,887 that they produced a guy who was 1410 01:29:47,954 --> 01:29:50,590 internationally-known as a football man. 1411 01:29:51,224 --> 01:29:53,760 INDISTINCT CHATTER IN FRENCH 1412 01:29:54,861 --> 01:29:58,565 They think, rightly so, certainly that they contributed to that. 1413 01:30:06,239 --> 01:30:08,942 If happiness is to love the life that you lead 1414 01:30:09,309 --> 01:30:11,711 I was very happy because I wanted this life. 1415 01:30:20,153 --> 01:30:21,588 I became less religious 1416 01:30:21,721 --> 01:30:24,958 but the importance of spiritual values 1417 01:30:25,525 --> 01:30:26,926 was always present. 1418 01:30:30,497 --> 01:30:31,865 Even in a game 1419 01:30:32,650 --> 01:30:33,867 something that unites people 1420 01:30:34,367 --> 01:30:35,702 is more than the ball. 1421 01:30:38,438 --> 01:30:40,707 They are guided by something bigger than that. 1422 01:30:43,777 --> 01:30:46,346 That makes them really be together. 1423 01:30:51,618 --> 01:30:56,222 COMMENTATOR: Magic ball from Bergkamp to Patrick Vieira! 1424 01:31:00,326 --> 01:31:02,662 WENGER: This team became invincible. 1425 01:31:03,463 --> 01:31:06,320 COMMENTATOR: Fabulous shot! Wonderful goal! 1426 01:31:07,834 --> 01:31:09,469 WENGER: They managed to achieve something 1427 01:31:09,569 --> 01:31:12,605 that they would not think possible. 1428 01:31:17,777 --> 01:31:20,347 You can have as much talent as you want to 1429 01:31:21,114 --> 01:31:23,983 but what will make a project successful 1430 01:31:24,417 --> 01:31:25,719 is always gonna be the people. 1431 01:31:27,754 --> 01:31:29,723 The one who put it together... 1432 01:31:30,957 --> 01:31:32,580 is Arsene. 1433 01:31:32,859 --> 01:31:34,794 He was the father of our project. 1434 01:31:36,629 --> 01:31:37,797 Invincible. 1435 01:31:38,832 --> 01:31:39,999 FERGUSON: I loved those games. 1436 01:31:40,266 --> 01:31:42,102 Yeah, I loved those games against Arsenal. 1437 01:31:42,369 --> 01:31:43,436 They were fantastic. 1438 01:31:51,911 --> 01:31:54,647 I think Arsene and myself are dinosaurs. 1439 01:31:56,483 --> 01:31:57,951 We didn't do so badly. 1440 01:31:58,485 --> 01:32:01,388 CROWD CHEERS - HORNS TOOT 1441 01:32:04,257 --> 01:32:05,925 I won 13 leagues 1442 01:32:06,426 --> 01:32:09,929 but I was never near going through a season undefeated. 1443 01:32:14,868 --> 01:32:16,202 The achievement... 1444 01:32:16,703 --> 01:32:19,272 it stands aside. It stands above everything else. 1445 01:32:19,539 --> 01:32:21,274 And it was Arsenal's. 1446 01:32:32,585 --> 01:32:34,721 WENGER: I dream about football... 1447 01:32:37,524 --> 01:32:38,958 about what I have done. 1448 01:32:41,428 --> 01:32:44,970 Where did I do well? Where did I not do well? 1449 01:32:47,200 --> 01:32:50,470 I couldn't believe that football can be a job. 1450 01:32:51,905 --> 01:32:53,907 That, for me, was on a different planet. 1451 01:32:57,477 --> 01:32:59,713 My life, on that front, is a miracle. 1452 01:33:00,313 --> 01:33:02,182 CAMERAS CLICK 1453 01:33:03,383 --> 01:33:06,219 Fear guides the restriction of our ambition. 1454 01:33:09,556 --> 01:33:11,424 You have not to be scared. 1455 01:33:13,526 --> 01:33:15,128 Be audacious... 1456 01:33:16,129 --> 01:33:17,597 be ambitious. 1457 01:33:19,699 --> 01:33:23,837 Your life can be wilder than your wildest dream. 1458 01:33:34,581 --> 01:33:39,586 OCR: ameneon