Mikel Arteta has shut down claims he is able to influence referees by calling out their mistakes.
It follows comments made by Jamie Carragher following Arsenal's win over Sunderland last weekend.
The former England defender compared Arteta to legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson due to the manner of his criticism towards the match officials.
Arteta had called the decision to award Sunderland a penalty 'unacceptable' during his post-match media duties.
The Black Cats had been given a spot-kick after Ezri Konsa grappled with Dan Ballard inside the penalty area.
Carragher addressed Arteta's comments during Sky Sports' coverage of Leeds United vs Newcastle United on Monday night.
Carragher compares Arteta and Ferguson
Likening the Arsenal boss to Ferguson, he said: "This was Mikel Arteta becoming the Sir Alex Ferguson of the Premier League right now.
"HeâÂÂs the don at the moment, heâÂÂs the Premier League champion.
"A lot of new managers about, heâÂÂs been in his role for six or seven years and he feels heâÂÂs in a position of power to say, âÂÂIt wasnâÂÂt a penaltyâÂÂ.
"I donâÂÂt think it was a penalty, but itâÂÂd be interesting to see how long it takes for another referee to give a penalty against Arsenal in a similar situation.
"I thought it was very interesting in the press conference, one of the journalists made a point about, no matter what question you asked him, he kept going back to the penalty, so he was determined to get the narrative out that this wonâÂÂt happen again to his club.
"But thatâÂÂs a manager, weâÂÂve seen it with Sir Alex Ferguson, weâÂÂve seen it with Jose Mourinho."
Arteta responds
Arteta was asked about Carragher's remarks during his pre-match press conference on Friday.
He spoke to reporters ahead of his side's trip to Brighton this weekend.
The two side's meet at the Amex on Saturday, with kick-off at 3pm.
When asked if it is fair to liken him to Ferguson in the way Carragher did, Arteta said: "No, I think I'm here to try to give my opinion, to defend my club, to give the very best to our players.
"I know that to do so, obviously you guys get asked some questions and we need to respond in the most direct way, I think, and fair way. I will make mistakes sometimes, but I will try to be as fair as possible."
He added: "We discuss many topics in this room, and they're important, all of them, and we have a space to talk, to give our opinions, to have discussions, to have personal conversations, and it's everybody's duty to try to improve the game, and that's what we're here for."
It was reported after the win over Sunderland that Arsenal would be raising the issue with Pro Ref, who oversee refereeing across professional football in England.
However, Arteta refused to confirm whether the Gunners had heard from the body since Saturday.
When asked, he replied: "This is a conversation that will remain private as usual and they have to keep that one."
As for whether he would like an apology, similar to the one received by Manchester United, he admitted: "It's not about the apology, it's just agreeing that the decision should have been different or not.
"Maybe they have a different opinion and try to improve and move forward together."
Pro Ref admitted to a mistake in the decision to award Erling Haaland's winning goal against United in Sunday's Manchester derby.
The Manchester City striker's goal was awarded by VAR despite initially being ruled out for offside.
Whilst replays showed Haaland was onside, Enzo Fernandez had been offside in the build-up before challenging for the ball.