Penalty proposal 'horrible' - Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has voiced his opposition to a Football League proposal to introduce penalty shoot-outs to settle drawn games, having seen the system at first hand during his time in Japan.

Wenger believes the move would reinforce defensive attitudes having coached Grampus Eight Nagoya in Japan, where extra-time and penalty shoot-outs were used to decide drawn league games.

The Frenchman told Arsenal TV Online: "I'm quite open to discuss any idea that would bring any spectacular action and more offensive attitudes into our game, but I'm not convinced by this one for two reasons. It doesn't change the attitude of a manager who is defensive. It reinforces it sometimes."

He added: "Firstly, people who are cautious and defensive will say `let's wait for the penalties' and `let's not take a risk'.

"The second reason I say that is that I was playing with this system in Japan, and it was horrible when you had battled for two hours and you lost a game on a penalty shoot-out that you didn't deserve to lose, and three days later you have another game where you have even more chance to lose because you have already played for two hours three days before."