Cole spills the beans on Pizza-gate
bust-up
Ashley Cole has hinted that Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas may
have been at the centre of the so-called 'battle of the buffet'
when slices of pizza were thrown at Manchester United manager Sir
Alex Ferguson.
Extracts from Cole's book, 'My Defence,' are being published in The
Times this week and today Chelsea's new signing rakes over the
embers of the infamous row between Arsenal and United players at
Old Trafford two years ago.
He confirms the pizza was not thrown by an English or French player
and writes: 'This slice of pizza came flying over my head and hit
Fergie straight in the mush.
'The slap echoed down the tunnel and everything stopped - the
fighting, the yelling, everything. All eyes turned and all mouths
gawped to see this pizza slip off that famous puce face and roll
down his nice black suit.
'I thought Ferguson was going to explode but then he stormed off
into the dressing room cursing and grunting, brushing the crumbs
and stains off his collar.
'We all went back into the dressing room and fell about
laughing.'
He went on: 'All I can say is that the culprit wasn't English or
French, so that should narrow it down.'
Cole added of the furore around the match: 'By the time we were
walking down that extendable plastic tunnel everyone was having a
go at each other.
'There were shouts of 'you f****** cheats' and players were running
into a jostling huddle where the narrow tunnel opens into a wider
mouth.
'I was jammed in the middle. I heard the boss [Arsene Wenger]
hammering Ferguson; incandescent French, verbally sparring with the
bullish Scotsman.'
