Birmingham City players have formed a queue to disparage Arsene Wenger and slammed their opponents for being in "a bad mood" on Saturday after Eduardo's leg was snapped in half.
Although Wenger withdrew his demand that Martin Taylor deserved a life ban for the tackle that has put Eduardo's career as a footballer in doubt within a matter of hours, acknowledging that his comments were "excessive" and made "in the heat of the moment", Brum first-teamers Sebastian Larsson, Stephen Kelly and James McFadden have all continued to condemn the Frenchman.
McFadden termed Wenger's comments "disgraceful" while Kelly, bemoaning the red card issued to Taylor, branded them "scandalous". Larsson, meanwhile, described Wenger as "idiotic and childish".
Incredibly, having also disparaged Wenger as a "sore loser", the former Arsenal player went on to complain in an interview with The Daily Mirror that "Then again, his whole team were the same. Arsenal were in a bad mood all game."
It's unclear whether Larsson, who led the complaints against Taylor's dismissal, has considered the reasons why Arsenal players may not have been the life and soul of the party on Saturday afternoon.
As is the case with both the interviews of McFadden and Kelly, there are no quotes attributed to Larsson wishing Eduardo a speedy recovery. Instead, the club apparently remain preoccupied with a sense of injustice over Taylor's dismissal.
Manager Alex McLeish, having previously suggested that Eduardo's injury may have been the consequence of his studs getting "caught in the grass", has insisted to The Sun that Taylor "did not do anything wrong", while Kelly launched a lengthy criticism of referee Mike Dean for sending off the defender.
"The reason the ref has sent him off is because he has seen Eduardo has broken his leg. I don't think you can send a player off for that. It was harsh Tiny [Taylor] being sent off. He didn't lunge. He didn't dive in. He is such a nice bloke," he maintained.
