Hiddink defends Drogba after diving claims

• omgukilledkenny

  11 May 09, 01:17

  

  Arsenal were ruthlessly picked off by Chelsea on Sunday as Guus Hiddink’s men smashed The Gunners 4-1 at Emirates Stadium.

  In a game that promised all the hallmarks of an after-the-Lord-Mayor’s-show routine following both sides’ midweek heartache, Chelsea came to the home of their rivals and dished out something of a beating.

  Having weathered a red storm for half an hour, Chelsea shocked their hosts with a quick-fire double from Alex and Nicolas Anelka, before an own goal by Kolo Toure and a late Florent Malouda strike rendered Nicklas Bendtner’s reposte mere consolation.

• youyayu

  11 May 09, 01:19

  i love malouda more then ever

• omgukilledkenny

  11 May 09, 01:22

  Originally posted by youyayu:

  i love malouda more then ever

  i wish he'd change his hairstyle.

• Poolman

  11 May 09, 02:39

  arsenal lost nevermind la , chelsea win also nvrmind la ?

  Also must go thru' UCL qualifying round .

• suckmycockdrybitch

  11 May 09, 08:22

  top 3 will automatic go for CL proper,4th place will go qualifying round,u idiot poolman

• zocoss

  11 May 09, 09:30

  

  CRASH LANDING ... Didier Drogba takes a tumble against Arsenal.

   

   

  DIDIER DROGBA was thrown back into the spotlight last night as Arsenal accused him of diving. Gunners skipper Cesc Fabregas was furious with the Chelsea striker — and boss Arsene Wenger followed with a blast after Arsenal crashed 4-1 at home, their heaviest league defeat for 32 years. 

  Fabregas made gestures at ref Phil Dowd when Drogba went to ground in the first half. But the Blues hitman then set up the first goal with a brilliant free-kick. 

  Wenger said: “We live in a league now where the divers are rewarded. It is not right. I do not want to go into any individual assessments. "I don’t think the free-kick should have been given, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t win the header after that.” 

  Drogba was caught on camera in a foul-mouthed rant when Chelsea were dumped out of the Champions League by Barcelona last Wednesday. 

  This time his boots did the talking with a free-kick headed in by Alex. Nicolas Anelka scored the next before an own goal by Kolo Toure and a strike by Florent Malouda completed the rout. Nicklas Bendtner replied for Arsenal. 

  Wenger’s men have conceded seven goals in their last two games. He said: “Going forward we had a very interesting game and created plenty of chances. "That was never a 4-1 game. We should have been 2-0 up before they scored.

  "We made a mistake and were one down, but we missed seven or eight clearcut chances and every mistake we made was punished by a team of quality. “Three months ago, everybody said we’d finish 10th. They’d have been happy to have finished fourth. “But in the games that mattered we couldn’t win. That’s what we have to analyse.” 

  Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink hopes Drogba’s apology will get him off the hook with UEFA for his astonishing outburst in which he described the referee as a f*****g disgrace. 

  Hiddink said: “If the people at UEFA are not bureaucratic people, they’ll take into account that he apologised.”

• ctstalin

  11 May 09, 09:44

  

  i hope he is jus dodging the tackle

• the Bear

  11 May 09, 09:51

  whatever it is, the goal by Anelka was pure genius!

• iceFatboy

  11 May 09, 10:00

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  

  CRASH LANDING ... Didier Drogba takes a tumble against Arsenal.

   

   

  DIDIER DROGBA was thrown back into the spotlight last night as Arsenal accused him of diving. Gunners skipper Cesc Fabregas was furious with the Chelsea striker — and boss Arsene Wenger followed with a blast after Arsenal crashed 4-1 at home, their heaviest league defeat for 32 years. 

  Fabregas made gestures at ref Phil Dowd when Drogba went to ground in the first half. But the Blues hitman then set up the first goal with a brilliant free-kick. 

  Wenger said: “We live in a league now where the divers are rewarded. It is not right. I do not want to go into any individual assessments. "I don’t think the free-kick should have been given, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t win the header after that.” 

  Drogba was caught on camera in a foul-mouthed rant when Chelsea were dumped out of the Champions League by Barcelona last Wednesday. 

  This time his boots did the talking with a free-kick headed in by Alex. Nicolas Anelka scored the next before an own goal by Kolo Toure and a strike by Florent Malouda completed the rout. Nicklas Bendtner replied for Arsenal. 

  Wenger’s men have conceded seven goals in their last two games. He said: “Going forward we had a very interesting game and created plenty of chances. "That was never a 4-1 game. We should have been 2-0 up before they scored.

  "We made a mistake and were one down, but we missed seven or eight clearcut chances and every mistake we made was punished by a team of quality. “Three months ago, everybody said we’d finish 10th. They’d have been happy to have finished fourth. “But in the games that mattered we couldn’t win. That’s what we have to analyse.” 

  Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink hopes Drogba’s apology will get him off the hook with UEFA for his astonishing outburst in which he described the referee as a f*****g disgrace. 

  Hiddink said: “If the people at UEFA are not bureaucratic people, they’ll take into account that he apologised.”<!-- Article End -->

  to be fair to him, Fiberglass did clipped him.. but it was quite ironical later when Drogba sent in the free kick, only alex jumped.. the rest of gunners static..

• Poolman

  11 May 09, 10:28

  ahseng benggal always whine ....

• Marco_Simone

  11 May 09, 10:54

  Originally posted by Poolman:

  ahseng benggal always whine ....

  
  Are you sure your Ah Ben don't whine? LOL!!!
• Marco_Simone

  11 May 09, 10:54

  Originally posted by Poolman:

  ahseng benggal always whine ....

  
  Oh the only manager who dont whine is your Ah Beng...
• omgukilledkenny

  11 May 09, 15:05

  Originally posted by ctstalin:

  

  i hope he is jus dodging the tackle

  This was bad. but di michele's dive was worst, vs liverpool.

• sg_forum

  11 May 09, 15:57

  Drogba definitely deserve the oscar award. It's quite funny to see this physically huge man tumbles down from a slight push/knock, just like a 6 years old being push to the ground by a full grown man. LOL

• omgukilledkenny

  11 May 09, 16:05

  Get them to play some rugby.

• zocoss

  11 May 09, 21:27

  Guus Hiddink defends Didier Drogba after diving claims

  Premier League: Arsenal 1-4 Chelsea

  

  Guus Hiddink last night defended Didier Drogba after his striker was caught up in a diving storm.

   

   

  Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger accused Drogba of diving to win a free-kick for Chelsea's first goal as Hiddink's men stormed to a thumping victory which secured third place.

  But Hiddink claimed he was "proud" of his players and said Drogba showed character to play despite having a potential UEFA ban hanging over his head after his antics following their Champions League exit to Barcelona.

  Chelsea boss Hiddink said: "We told him everyone would be focused on him, so he had to play the simple game. He put in the free-kick for Alex's beautiful header. He did not react to any challenges.

  "I'd have to see the free-kick again. There were also some other incidents which the referee was very 'gentle' about. "Our victory showed this team is one of the strongest in Europe. That was a great reaction, and I'm proud of them.

  Everyone knew after Wednesday it would be very difficult. "But it's a long time since Chelsea have had such a big victory against Arsenal.

  That's why I'm very proud of the boys in the way they reacted, tactically and mentally."

• limpper

  11 May 09, 21:36

  nowadays, top 4 just cannot be friends

• youyayu

  11 May 09, 21:57

  Great manager...

  if its mourinho

  he would say " i told you ppl they are untouchaable"

• Nikkisixx3

  12 May 09, 10:10

  I don't think Arsene should mention about the Drogba's incident. On the video replay, Fabregas did clip Drogba's ankle. Arsene should not be looking for excuses like this. The fact is that his team's performance was bad and he should be looking at ways to improve rather than pointing fingers at others like this. Again I think his policy about youth needs to change if Arsenal were to seriously put in a challenge for the title.