United stars insist they have ground to complain
(STANDARD) 04月 29日 星期二 06:30AM
Manchester United players claimed that Chelsea ground staff were responsible for provoking the row that marred the end of the Premier League showdown between the teams on Saturd
ay by insulting Patrice Evra.
Chelsea won a tense encounter at Stamford Bridge 2-1 with a late penalty strike from Michael Ballack.
United substitutes Evra, Paul Scholes, John O'Shea, Gerard Pique and Gary Neville were taking part in a warm-down on the pitch when they were asked to move by ground staff.
A scuffle erupted, in which Carlos Tevez also became embroiled.
The Argentina striker told the Guardian: "Patrice received a grave insult from a member of Chelsea's staff.
"He demanded an explanation and these men just wanted to attack Patrice. Obviously it's normal that we tried to defend our teammate but within a few seconds all of the United players were surrounded by stewards."
Chelsea are to examine closed- circuit TV footage of the incident, which the English Football Association have asked to see.
Tevez said: "The security cameras will show the provocation we received."
Pique added: "This came about because of the provocation of somebody who works for Chelsea. Patrice wanted an explanation but these men were very aggressive."
One of the men allegedly involved in the fracas, groundsman Sam Bethell, played it down. "It was handbags really," he said in The Sun. "It was not as bad as it appeared."
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Failure motivates United
United stars insist they have ground to complain
(STANDARD) 04月 29日 星期二 06:30AM
Manchester United players claimed that Chelsea ground staff were responsible for provoking the row that marred the end of the Premier League showdown between the teams on Saturd
ay by insulting Patrice Evra.
Chelsea won a tense encounter at Stamford Bridge 2-1 with a late penalty strike from Michael Ballack.
United substitutes Evra, Paul Scholes, John O'Shea, Gerard Pique and Gary Neville were taking part in a warm-down on the pitch when they were asked to move by ground staff.
A scuffle erupted, in which Carlos Tevez also became embroiled.
The Argentina striker told the Guardian: "Patrice received a grave insult from a member of Chelsea's staff.
"He demanded an explanation and these men just wanted to attack Patrice. Obviously it's normal that we tried to defend our teammate but within a few seconds all of the United players were surrounded by stewards."
Chelsea are to examine closed- circuit TV footage of the incident, which the English Football Association have asked to see.
Tevez said: "The security cameras will show the provocation we received."
Pique added: "This came about because of the provocation of somebody who works for Chelsea. Patrice wanted an explanation but these men were very aggressive."
One of the men allegedly involved in the fracas, groundsman Sam Bethell, played it down. "It was handbags really," he said in The Sun. "It was not as bad as it appeared."
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Failure motivates United |
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