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節錄 Soccernet Insider "The Day fair play died"
Wenger, for once, lost his temper in spectacular fashion, squaring up to Jol and screaming abuse at him, while some of the crowd got a little carried away and had to be escorted away by her majesty's finest. Indeed, one member of the dignitaries in the director's box was shipped out of the ground in less than glorious fashion.
So let's examine the rights and wrongs of an incident where none of those debating can say they are completely in the right. To start with, the injury was inflicted by two players from the same team crashing into each other, so should the opposition kick the ball out after an incident that did not involve them in any way? Michael Carrick summed it up like this: 'I thought they fell over so you can't say we are cheats.'
Then you have to assess the role of referee Bennett. Carrick's temptation to kick the ball away may have been followed through had the match official not waved his hands for play to continue and at the end of the day, Arsenal's biggest mistake was not playing to the whistle.
It came as little surprise that Wenger didn't try to see the broader picture as he faced the press. 'Their bench claim they didn't see the incident on their first goal, but I say they are liars,' barked an irate Arsenal boss.
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