Gunners are blazing: Gallas gets betwen
Adebayor and Bendtner
Tottenham 5 Arsenal 1 (Agg:
6-2)
Tottenham marched into the Carling Cup final with a 5-1 win over
Arsenal as Arsene Wenger's warring players had to be separated from
each other on a night of drama at White Hart Lane.
Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner had to be pulled apart by
Arsenal skipper William Gallas as frustrations boiled over during
their first defeat against Spurs in eight years.
Bendtner had blood on his shirt and a lump and a gash on the bridge
of his nose following the altercation and Adebayor was restrained
from going down the tunnel at the end of the game.
Adebayor and Bendtner's clash has undermined Arsenal's team spirit,
but Wenger claimed he knew nothing about the extraordinary
incident.
The flashpoint came just seven minutes from the end of this
gripping night and Adebayor appeared to headbutt Bendtner before
Gallas and referee Howard Webb intervened.
Wenger claimed: "I don't know anything about it. Really I don't
know."
Arsenal were ripped apart by their north London rivals, but Wenger
refused to give Spurs credit following their emphatic
victory.
The Arsenal chief said: "It is a disappointment of course. I feel
that everythinig went against us. We had to take many risks and we
were open to counterattacks.
"We were not mature enough to stop it. The score is brutal and
high, but it does not reflect what happened on the pitch. "With the
first shot they scored, the second was an own goal and then they
scored again straight after half time. The rest of the game had no
meaning.
Malbranque compounded Arsenal's misery as Juande Ramos secured a
place in the Carling Cup final on 24 February in his first season
in charge.
Arsenal's Bendtner (left) showing Gallas what
Adebayor did to him
