Wenger in tirade against mystery Man Utd player

• zocoss

  30 Aug 09, 10:50

  Should Arsenal striker Eduardo face a UEFA ban for his outrageous dive against Celtic?

   

  

  RAGE ... Arsene Wenger

   

   

  ARSENE WENGER says UEFA's decision to charge Eduardo is "a witch hunt." The Arsenal boss is seething that Euro chiefs have put his Croatian striker in the dock for diving to earn a penalty in Wednesday's Champions League win over Celtic.

  He raged: "It is a witch hunt. What else is it? If you take all the games in Europe every week I will give you 10 cases where UEFA can charge a player. "Diego Maradona scored with his hand against England in the World Cup and no one charged him.

  "We will defend our player. We will take it as far as we can. "I am 100 per cent against diving but this is a complete disgrace. We will not accept the way UEFA has treated this case." 

  UEFA acted after Scottish FA chief Gordon Smith called for them to throw the book at Eduardo. Wenger said: "People have reacted emotionally. This case has been ruled by the media and emotionally by the Scottish FA. 

  "Scottish people are working at UEFA. This case is more sensitive because they have more influence there. "Do you now charge every defender who tries to cheat the referee? Why not? How many defenders pull the shirt of a striker?

   

  

  Eduardo has been charged with "deceiving the referee" and could be banned for two matches

   

  "It is trying to cheat the referee. Why are they not charged? "Do you want me to take situations from the game against Celtic? It was on both sides so why do you not charge?"

  Eduardo has been charged with "deceiving the referee" and could be banned for two matches if UEFA find him guilty at Tuesday's hearing. Wenger said: "I believe you can debate whether it was a penalty or not.

  "In this case they don't judge 'is it a penalty or not'. They're judging whether Eduardo is a cheat or not. That's where I don't agree. When you watch it's not conclusive." 

  Wenger added: "I have fought my whole life against cheating and I've seen obvious cases where UEFA didn't intervene. 

  "They have opened a very dangerous door here. It means every decision made by a referee can from now on be challenged. So we will from now challenge every decision in Europe, I tell you."

• omgukilledkenny

  30 Aug 09, 10:59

  Lol, funny that UEFA couldn't address a simpler case last season on Fletcher's red against Arsenal.

  Instead, they're okay with opening up pandora's box for this case.

  Okay so he's been charged with "deceiving the referee"...next time if a player cons a ref by saying its his throw in or corner also can ban?

• zocoss

  31 Aug 09, 10:11

  I guess this is more serious where penalties are concern... It could effect how a match goes and change the face of the game... And this match with Celtic being the most interested one among all the first round, (Battle of Britian and all that) more people will take note of it lah... The English and Scottish rivalry, The Platini v Wenger thing and Uefa don't really like the English clubs may also play a part to it... who knows.

   

   

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• iceFatboy

  31 Aug 09, 11:43

  Originally posted by zocoss:

  I guess this is more serious where penalties are concern... It could effect how a match goes and change the face of the game... And this match with Celtic being the most interested one among all the first round, (Batter of Britian and all that) more people will take note of it lah... The English and Scottish rivalry, The Platini v Wenger thing and Uefa don't really like the English clubs may also play a part to it... who knows.

  well, just a bit drama with so many parties asking for his blood.. well, I did read that even without the penalty, the game was Gunners..

• limpper

  31 Aug 09, 12:49

  Arsenal boss Wenger in tirade against mystery Man Utd player

  Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has launched a scathing attack on one Manchester United player after defeat on Saturday.

  "I have seen today a player who plays on the pitch only to make fouls," he said.

  "For me, this is a point that is more urgent than diving. The players who are never punished. Who get out of the game without a yellow card. I think it is more anti-football than a player who did what Eduardo did."

  Wenger smiled when asked if he was referring to Darren Fletcher.

  "Why do you say the name?" he said, refusing to elaborate further.

  But he was incensed that his players collected six bookings to United's three and, while the champions were awarded a penalty in their 2-1 victory, his side had their claims ignored when Fletcher brought down Andrey Arshavin in the box.

  "I don't know why it is," he said. "You should ask the referees. Look at how many deliberate fouls some players get away with. That's a bigger problem because it cuts the flow of the game. And people pay to see football, not free-kicks."

• Patrik

  31 Aug 09, 13:21

  So he saw ALL these?

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

• the Bear

  31 Aug 09, 13:30

  Originally posted by Patrik:

  So he saw ALL these?

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA