Gunners warned over physical battle

Hull boss Phil Brown has defended Kevin Davies' tackle on Gael Clichy and says Arsenal can expect more of the same this weekend.

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger was upset by Davies' challenge when they went to Bolton last weekend but there are many in the game, Brown included, who thought it was a perfectly good tackle.

The Tigers chief takes his side to the Emirates on Saturday and says if you took the physical side out of their game then they may as well not turn up.

Brown said: "For me the Kevin Davies tackle, there was nothing wrong with that.

"If you take that out of the game Hull City might as well not play at the Emirates on Saturday.

"If you allow Arsenal to dictate that tackle goes out of the game, then we are finished.

"We have got that tackle on our side - they have got the technical side of the game on their side.

"If they are allowed to express that technical side without tackling, without physical contact, we might as well not turn up."