Following Arsenal’s draw with Leeds in the FA Cup on Saturday, captain Cesc Fabregas was publicly critical of the way team mate Denilson gave away a penalty gifting the away side the lead in the game. Fabregas was saying what all Arsenal fans were also feeling, that Denilson’s ‘tackle’ was reckless and stupid and not what you expect from a professional footballer. He got turned inside out by an average Championship player and for me, he once again showed he’s not up to it.
In his interview after the game, Fabregas said “they scored from a penalty that, at this stage when you are a professional footballer you can not give away this type of penalty so easily”. Well said my son and i hope you said this to Denilson himself. Here is the video of the whole interview:
I know that even the best player can make a silly decision and give away dangerous free-kicks and penalties, but Denilson does this type of thing in the middle of the park all the time. I’m just glad we managed to rectify his sloppiness and keep ourselves in the cup, if we beat Leeds in the reply we are the only favourite to have a home tie in the 4th round so we’re in with a great chance of progressing to the next stage of the competition. Lets just hope Denilson isn’t around to gift the away side another easy lead in that game!
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