Arsenal have always been accused of being lightweights, with some of the physical teams looking to take advantage of that perceived weakness in the English Premier League, even if results might actually suggest otherwise.
The Gunners were involved in a physical battle against Everton in their Premier League game at the Emirates Tuesday, where the Toffees were a little too robust with their challenges, especially in the early stages of the match.
Wenger criticised the refereeing in that particular game, in which Darron Gibson should have been sent off in the first half.
Sir Alex Ferguson also asked for the referees to protect his players, after West Ham approached their game physically, with Andy Carroll in particular, facing the United manager's ire for a couple of challenges on David De Gea and Nemanja Vidic.
However, Wenger believes the physical style is part of the English game and should not be curbed as long as it does not go over the line.
"I don't think it holds players back," Wenger said. "In fact, the opposite, the foreign players who come to England improve and you get that aspect of the game as well.
"I have seen so many French players complain about the physicality when they arrived in England. I tell them it will take some time, but the intensity of the game will make them better players.
"It was worse 15 years ago than it is now, back then no-one would have spoken about the Carroll challenge, now everything is analysed on television.
"Some players complained and then, after they moved away, they missed the English game."
Wenger believes the Premier League has room for all kinds of players, including the creative ones, citing the effectiveness of the likes of Robert Pires and Dennis Bergkamp in the Premier League.
"When you look at some players, you cannot say the physicality of the game stops them from displaying their talent," he added.
"When I brought Pires here, he was not especially a physical player, but no-one could stop him from playing his game -- (Marc) Overmars, Bergkamp, nobody could stop them.
"You cannot say it is physical or it is kicking, it is just that the commitment is high and that is what you want."
However, Arsenal have been at the receiving end of some poor tackles, which has resulted in some of their players facing long-term problems, which they haven't fully recovered from yet. That is the aspect that Wenger wants to stop.
"What I regret is when it goes overboard and we lost some players like Eduardo and (Abou) Diaby, who paid a high price for that aspect," he said.
"It is a fine line, that is why I say it is the intention that counts. When a player makes a deliberate foul to stop a player going forward on a counter attack, which is a real yellow card.
"After, the physicality of the English game is one of the attractions of it, as long as the intention is fair from the player who goes into the challenge. That is the most important.
"What we have seen recently, and what you sometimes only see on slow motion, is players who go over the ball.
"I don't have a problem with players who go in completely 100 percent because that is what you want to keep in the English game.
"Sometimes I watch foreign games and after 20 minutes you are bored because every time somebody goes down it is a foul, and you say 'Come on.' That is not football as well.
"We do not want to lose the strengths and what makes English football attractive, but the intention of the players has to be fair."
