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Middlesbrough boss Steve Agnew has sympathy for under-fire Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger but hopes to add to Frenchman's woes at the Riverside

Steve Agnew will go head-to-head with embattled Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitting the Frenchman's plight shows just how difficult Premier League management can be.

Wenger and his side will arrive at Middlesbrough on Monday evening scrapping to keep themselves in the race for a top-four finish, having slipped nine points adrift of Liverpool with two games in hand over the weekend.

The Gunners boss is facing concerted calls for his head after a disappointing campaign by the club's standards, even with his track record, and Boro's interim head coach believes that simply demonstrates how tough life at the top can be.