Faye slates Gunners side

Stoke defender Abdoulaye Faye feels that Arsenal are a soft touch, and that anyone can player the Gunners with a specific tactic and frustrate them very quickly. Stoke take on Arsenal in the Premiership on Saturday afternoon, desperate to bounce back from the disappointment of throwing away a 4-2 lead against Tottenham.

"Of all the real contenders to win the Premier League, Arsenal are the softest," said Faye.

"They don't like it when teams are physical. They are a very good side and can play football - but at Bolton we just used to press them and they didn't like it.

"It is possible to scare them and I don't know why everybody doesn't do it.

"They don't like playing big strong guys and we're not short of those here."