ARSENE WENGER insisted Arsenals fans were within their
rights to boo the team. Late goals from Cesc Fabregas and Julio
Baptista finally settled a tense showdown. Boss Wenger insisted:
As professionals we have to deal with the crowds frustration and
it is up to us to transport them to a different
world.
But Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce was not so sure and said:
The next time I go to the theatre I will let some thespians have
it and then claim I pay their wages as Im leaving! "Thats the
nature of the Premier League now. Apart from the top two, theres
not a team who havent been booed at home this season.
With 60 minutes gone tonight were sitting comfortably with the
fans booing Arsenal. At one stage I thought we were at home and the
crowd were having a go at me again! But then one of their players
has pulled out a wonder strike and its all over.
Gunners boss Wenger predicted a brilliant future for goal hero
Fabregas, adding: There is still a lot more to come from him. He
is not yet 20 and a player does not go from a boy to a young man
until the age of 22. Thats when you really develop physically.
Yet even as a young boy he can dominate games like he has done
tonight. He is already a big authority on the pitch.