Arsene Wenger takes swipe at Chelsea: 'Big clubs have responsibility to win with style'... as Arsenal boss says rivalry with Jose Mourinho is real

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Premier League champions Chelsea by insisting that big clubs have a responsibility to 'win with style'.

The Gunners boss has also spoken of his 'respectful' rivalry with Jose Mourinho, but admits that he occasionally allows his passion to get the better of him in the heat of battle.

Chelsea sauntered to the league title this season, sweeping aside their nearest challengers Manchester City and Arsenal by eight and 12 points respectively.

Arsene Wenger cuts a frustrated figure as Arsenal are held to a goalless draw by Chelsea at the Emirates

Chelsea defended resolutely to kill off any chances Arsenal still had of catching the Blues in the title race

The Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho saw the funny side, however as his side earned the point they wanted

But Mourinho's side have often been criticised for playing boring football, particularly by Arsenal supporters following the sides' 0-0 draw at the Emirates on April 26.

The Gunners went into the match still with a slim chance of winning the title themselves but the Blues put in a typically defensively solid performance to thwart Wenger's team.

And the Frenchman, speaking in an interview with the BBC's World at One, says that the top teams should be committed to playing entertaining, attacking football.

'I believe that our sport has moved forward a lot on the technical side, on the physical side, on the tactical side but as well we must not forget the values that our sport carries through the generations,' he said.

'And one of them is that the vibes coming out of a team, going into the stands, they don't lie. I always like to think that the guy who wakes up in the morning after a hard week of work, has that moment, that fraction of a second when he opens his eyes, "Oh, today I go to watch my team!" and it makes him happy, he thinks "I can see something special today". We're not always in a position to guarantee that but we have to try.'

Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil look dejected after the game as they saw their feint title hopes slip away

In contrast Chelsea captian John Terry celebrated at the final whistle as though his side had won the match

When Wenger was told by the interviewer that a boring team could be more successful he said: 'That's what people say when you don't win but let's not forget you can be boring and lose as well, I believe big clubs have a responsibility to win but to win with style.'

Wenger and Mourinho have endured a frosty relationship during their time together in the Premier League. The Portuguese boss famously called his counterpart a 'specialist in failure' last season, while the pair have been involved in numerous touchline rows.

And Wenger reveals there is a real rivalry between them, but says - on his side at least - that there is always respect.

Mourinho grabs hold of Wenger's tie as the pair argue on the touchline at Stamford Bridge in October

The two managers had to be separated by the fourth official during the 2-0 win for Chelsea this season

'The rivalry is real but it has to be respectful and I believe that managers sometimes, in the heat of the game, [the] passion gets out of control,' he said.

'When I'm guilty, I'm guilty, and I regret that always but basically you have to respect each other, because if in our own job we don't respect each other... the job is difficult enough, and I always find that a guy who doesn't do that you lose a good opinion.'

'On my side always... I respect everybody, I don't... I respect everybody's style, everybody's personality.'