Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho are no strangers to controversial exchanges as the arch-nemeses have now locked horns over the style of football that they have espoused. When the Portuguese manager was lambasted by Arsenal supporters for adopting defensive tactics, he retaliated by making citations to the lack of Premier League success at Arsenal.

Speaking to the press ahead of Hull City fixture, Arsene Wenger expressed his disappointment over his Chelsea counterpart not being respectful and stated that managers at professional level ought to share mutual respect.

“I think I just told you that the biggest thing for a manager is to respect other managers. Some people have to improve on that. Look, everybody lives with his own internal problems and I live with mine. That’s enough.”

The French manager has been involved in a series of wrangles with other Premier League managers, most notably Alan Pardew and Alex Ferguson, but never seemed to share the antipathy that he and the Chelsea manager do.

The 64-year-old believes that bust-ups and confrontations are cornerstones of every managerial career, but accentuated on the fact that managers should learn to respect each other despite their difference in opinion.

“You can have incidents with other managers sometimes. It gets a bit heated when you fight directly with them but in the end I believe time heals and the important thing is to respect each other as much as you can.”

After being involved in a press conference bickering, Nigel Pearson has become the talk of the town and the Gunners manager registered his empathy for the Leicester City manager as he admitted the difficulty in dealing with media pressure.

“I have sympathy of course. He [Nigel Pearson] apologized and he knows he was wrong but it is not always easy to deal with these kinds of situations. We are all human beings and when you play for your club not to go down, it is massive pressure.”

Arsene Wenger has often been touted to be the incarnation of composure, but the former Monaco manager admitted that he was on the brink of losing his temper. However, he stood by his perspective that managers should never lose temper, no matter how disrespectful journalists could be.

“[I’ve lost my temperament on] many occasions. You know you have to control yourself and remain polite and respectful. But of course sometimes you feel that people are not respectful of you.”

Arsene Wenger takes his side to Hull City with a view of registering a victory over the Tigers, thereby leapfrogging Manchester City into second spot.