Leonardo Jardim has accused Arsene Wenger of being disrespectful to him after his Monaco side knocked Arsenal out of the of the Uefa Champions League in the round of 16.
Monaco progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since reaching the final in 2004 on away goals, after losing 2-0 to the Gunners to finish 3-3 on aggregate on Tuesday night.
The principality club’s 3-1 win at the Emirates Stadium on February 25 aided their victorious end in front of home crowd, leaving Arsenal to rue their fifth successive round-of-16 ouster in Europe’s elite league.
Speaking after the match, the Portuguese coach, 40, claimed Wenger opted not to shake his hands after their first-leg win in London.
“In the first leg, when I wanted to thank Arsene and shake his hand, it’s true that Arsene didn’t shake my hand, so even though Monaco did everything to make life comfortable for Arsenal tonight, I decided not to thank him,” Jardim said in his post-match conference.
“I think it was disrespectful. Right now, we’re celebrating and we think Arsenal did not show enough respect during the first leg.
“Arsenal were really happy to play Monaco as we were supposed to be one of the weakest teams. We qualified from pot 4.
“All the teams in the last 16 wanted to play against Monaco. Maybe Arsenal thought they had qualified already.”
