Overnight Emmanuel Adebayor put on his Predator war paint and went on a guerrilla type rampage against anything Arsenal… but did he “step” a little too far? Everyone seems to think so except for him:
I knew he was aiming for a collision because he changed the angle of his body to allow contact to be made. He moved backwards when his natural momentum would have taken him forward. I find that deeply disrespectful. He has shown a real lack of class today, to me and the fans.”
… obviously Mark Hughes was going to defend his new signing:
We have to cut Emmanuel a bit of slack,” said Hughes. “He is an emotional guy and was caught up in the moment”.
… and all Ade could muster was a half-assed “apology”:
I’m sorry for what I have done,” said Adebayor. “We have to do a mistake to be better tomorrow… I don’t have time to take back my foot [but] I feel sorry for him”.
I always knew there was something NQR about Adebayor and after his performance in this match, I think it’s fair to say that he can be elevated, in all his glory, to ‘King of the Douchbags’… right above other Douches such as Nicolas Anelka and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
On a footballing note however, even though I felt Arsenal deserved more from the match, they were again undone by some tough and quick counter play and they showed the tell tale signs that their lack of physicality in the middle of the park will cost them again this season… perhaps they can turn to the Governator for some help, he’s had plenty of practice putting Predators to rest!
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Labels: Arsenal, Emmanuel Adebayor, Manchester City