Manchester City Boss Mark Hughes: Arsene Wenger Handshake Row Is History

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Manchester City manager Mark Hughes wants to move on from the controversy which has surrounded Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's refusal to shake the Welshman's hand in the wake of Wednesday night's League Cup quarter-final.

Hughes insists that the incident has been blown out of all proportion and now needs consigning to the history books, as he prepares his side for the visit of Chelsea on Saturday.

Wenger himself has given no reason for the snub, though it is widely believed that Hughes swore at him during the game.

"We keep revisiting things that have already occurred," Hughes told reporters at his Friday press conference.

"Everybody has had their say on what happened.

"I have my view, as I tried to articulate after the game. I am sure Arsene has his view on it as well.

"But that is between myself and Arsene, not anybody else.

"It is not something I am not looking to dwell on. It is passed, why revisit it? We are grown men, we just get on with it.

"From my point of view the issue is over."