Wenger And Ancelotti Are Very Identical – Iwobi

Everton player, Alex Iwobi has said he can see obvious similarities between his current coach, Carlo Ancelotti and ex-Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger.

Iwobi believes both coaches love to play football and it almost feels like he is working for the same coach.

According to him, Wenger and Ancelotti are very patient managers so it has made it easy to buy into his current coach’s philosophy at Everton.

He added that his latest injury was only a minor setback but that is all over now.

His words, “They are almost the same, thinking about it,”

“They are both very patient, they are not men of many words but when they do say something there is a lot of wisdom. They are almost the same.

“They both like to play football; it is almost like I am working with the same man.

“It’s not like I’m back at Arsenal with Arsene Wenger but it’s almost the same philosophy and I can buy into it easily and adapt to his plans straight away.”

On his form, “I’ve never been injured before and I’m thinking ‘why against Arsenal?’ and ‘why when there is a new manager watching?’”

“’What have I done to deserve this luck?’. But I took it on the chin and luckily I have good team-mates, we have good staff, good family around me.

“So I was able to forget about it quick and focus on getting back as soon as possible. It was a minor setback.

“Because I’d never had an injury before, I didn’t know what to do.

“Even when I injured myself in the game, I tried to continue, but that is the worst thing I could’ve done.

“Everyone has had an injury in their time, so when I got back in they were all telling me what I should do, how I should cope with it, don’t stress on trying to come back too quickly. It did help me and luckily, I was able to recover quicker than usual.

“I was told six weeks but I came back after four.

“Touch wood, it doesn’t happen again. I felt a pop in my hamstring and I thought I could play on but I couldn’t so it was weird but hopefully it won’t happen again.”