At the moment Emmanuel Adebayor just wants respect for the way his
side are performing the trophies can come later.
The in-form Arsenal striker seems to have a longer memory than some
of the British media. Before the season began Arsène Wengers were
widely considered to be in serious dangerous of slipping out of the
top four places. Now they are receiving the highest praise after a
sensational start.
Arsenal have beaten the dangerous Sevilla 3-0 in their opening
Champions League Group H tie while Saturdays 5-0 drubbing of Derby
put them two points clear at the top of the Premier League with a
game in hand. Speaking after that game, Adebayor dismissed title
talk at this stage, he was much more interested in changing
opinions.
I dont care about that, he said. I dont want people to think
that we will win the title or the Champions League. I just want
them to respect us for what we are doing at the moment.
I think they [are altering their attitudes]. Recently I read the
newspapers and people are changing a little bit. In the summer it
was very difficult. We just want to prove to people that they are
wrong so at the moment we just will keep our focus and do our
job.
Of course, the season is only six weeks old and, in the next six
weeks, Arsenal will face Liverpool and Manchester United, two
direct title rivals.
A lot of people say that these will be test games, replied
Adebayor. But then when we played against Sevilla people said it
was a test game.
For me there are no test games. We just go out and try to
win.