Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has hit out at reports claiming he had a dressing room bust-up out with Steve Bould following the 2-0 loss to Swansea at the weekend.
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The Gunners' recent wobble in the Premier League escalated into a spin-out on Saturday as they slumped to their fourth defeat of the campaign to find themselves 10th in the standings after 15 games.
The north London giants next take on Olympiakos in the Champions League on Tuesday, with Wenger's men having already guaranteed their progression to the first knock-out round.
Critics, though, have called for the Frenchman to bring an end to his 16-year association with the club, with the 63-year-old not having lifted a piece of silverware since 2005.
The rise in pressure was believed to have reached critical mass at the Emirates Stadium at the weekend, with Wenger and his assistant Bould reportedly becoming embroiled in an argument, but when asked about the claims the boss was quick to dismiss them, while also criticising the media for fabricating lies.
"That is not true at all," he said when asked about the incident. "There's nothing more irritating than superficial information nowadays.
"It would be better that people are a bit responsible for what they write. I take my responsibilities, but informing people in the wrong way is bad as well and it's time for some people to realise that."
Wenger also denied talks of a crisis at the club, adding: "You should look a little bit at the statistics and not only read the newspapers.
"I only have one pressure and that is to win the next football game and to play the football I love. All the rest, I don't think that affects me at all. You would be surprised.
"Nothing really happened after Swansea. That the players are not happy after the game, do you want them to do a dance after we lost?
"This group of players is very strong, very highly motivated, has a very good spirit and they want to win. If they don't win, of course they are upset.
"I am more worried if I see players who laugh in the shower after a game that we lost. We are in a job where the next game is the only important thing, that is how you can show how good you are.
"The situation is at the moment we are behind in the league, we want to make ground back, we are qualified for 13 consecutive years in the Champions League, we are qualified in the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup and we have our chances in the FA Cup like everyone else.
"We have many challenges and that is what we want to focus on."
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