Arsène Wenger claims English players are now the 'masters' of diving

• Arsenal manager’s comments follow Alli’s booking for simulation
• Gunners travel to Wembley for north London derby on Saturday

Arsène Wenger contemplated the great diving debate and couldn’t resist a loaded joke ahead of the north London derby this weekend. “I remember there were tremendous cases here when foreign players did it but I must say the English players have learned very quickly and they might even be the masters now.”

On the back of a contentious match last weekend when Tottenham’s Dele Alli was booked for simulation and Harry Kane accused of diving by Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, Wenger insisted that the issue is one that needs attention. “We have to get diving out of the game,” he said. “I don’t tell my players to dive. I don’t encourage them to dive at all.

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