Arsenal are through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, where they will face Chelsea, following their 2-1 win over Hull last night. Despite comprehensively dominating the game, Arsenal relied upon a controversial late goal to progress. William Gallas was clearly several yards offside before he scored, yet amazingly the linesman failed to spot it.
In the interview following the game, Hull boss Phil Brown claimed that Cesc Fabregas spat in the face of Hull assistant boss Brian Horton.
Fabregas claims he didn’t do such a thing, would never do such a thing, but for some reason, I’m not so sure…
“I categorically deny that I spat at anybody after the match,” said Fabregas this morning. “I have never done this in my whole career on the pitch, so why would I do it when I am not even playing?”
Hmm, really?
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Pity, would have been much better to have atleast one under dog in the Cup still left. Guess it’l be between us, Chelsea and Arsenal now.
do some research mate before posting rubbish. Ballack has come out since this incident and said cesc didn’t actually spit.
Everton could cause a shock.Don’t forget that the FA cup semi final is right after the Ch.League quarters and this season we haven’t done too well in the games following the ch.League games.Fabregas did have a nasty side to him when he was younger.I hope he has gone past it.
My son is a lying idiot who can’t accept losing.
Hull are rubbish and I don’t know why he manages them, mind you he’s very lucky to be managing them seeing that his kob before was managing the local superdrug down the High Road.
Looks like spitting to me jimbo.
Inconclusive – at best, because you cannot see a thing.
And you’d do better not to refer to that mano3obe’s body of work on youtube. His whole purpose in life seems to be to spread lies about Arsenal. His interpretation of Diaby’s kick on Terry in the 07 CC final is very entertaining.
It cant be a coincidence that every club in the country sings ‘Same old Arsenal, always cheating’ or maybe it is a coincidence.
Has anyone asked Wenger if he saw anything ?
I want to give him the benefit of the doubt Gunnar.I like him a lot as a footballer.But here it does look like spitting.And to be honest i don’t blame him.Ballack has the typical Kahn and Effenberg mentality of “Don’t mess with me cause i am tough”.These guys must have some sort of complex.
He is a little scumbag, good player but a scumbag.
Oi scott, why dont you mind your own business fella? Cesc said he didnt spit, thats not Cesc’s character we know that, we also know that Brown is a lying twit. You should be posting blogs about that tomato (rooney) and his rants, and the 4-1 drubbing y’all got a few days ago, not our captain.
Big Goon – I’ve already posted blogs about both those things, thanks for the advice. Why don’t I mind my own business? Whilst there’s no denying Fabregas is a talented little fella, I think he’s a first class twat so will post stories that confirm my opinion (ie. him saying he would never spit at someone when he’s previously spat at Ballack). Plus, I could make it fit with our Anderson chant so I couldn’t resist the opportunity
Scotty not so hotty….
Deflecting attention from the twatting that you got from the scallies at the weekend?
Stick to writing things that you pretend to know about, like United.
I looks to me that he’s screaming at Bollock. Besides I remeber the german denying any spitting taking place.
On the other hand he disrespected Sparky a few years back when he was at Blackburn.
If ‘Jimbo said’ has said that Ballack has since come out to say Cesc did not spit, then we must consider it end of the matter. Case closed!!!
I believe Phil Brown saw this video before hand and tried to stoke up a fire.
He (Phil Brown) should be ashamed of himself after his rant on TV. I was at the match and there was no way Arsene could have single handedly got his GK booked as it was clear to all at the match that there was a delibrate wasting of time by all Hull players and most especially the GK. He was the worst offender and everyone actually wondered why and how he got away with not being booked by Riley who I must say had a really bad game.
Phil Brown went on to say that Arsene only shakes hands when he is winning which is a contradiction in fact as we won yesteerday and no hands were shaken!! Phil Brown should actually come out and apologise as the man now deserves to take Hull back to the Championship. He is a bitter and twisted man and must have learned his trade very well from his mentor sam Allardyce. He perhaps wasn’t watching the match everyone else was watching as Arsenal deserved to go through inspite of the fact Hull had a lucky deflected goal. We battered them in the 2nd half and the scoreline would have been far worse had we converted all the chances we created.
Hang on a sec Ballack just blatanly dived and then Fabregas clearly angry makes a motion with his head that could have been anything i.e insult, a motion to headbutt etc it was certainly aggressive but there is no proof of anything else. Actually i’m dissapointed I wouldn’t have minded seeing a nice lump of phlegm splatter over Ballack’s face…you let me down there cesc.
Oh yeah and Phil Brown is a lying c*nt, first Cesc spat at that bloke, then at his feet. Load of bollocks!
I would be more than happy to add Ballack’s admission to the article. I’ve been searching Google and can’t find anything.
I’ve found this article from The Independent which refers to the spitting, but nothing to the contrary. Little help?
Pete – not deflecting attention at all. There have been countless pieces on here about the result at the weekend.
@On d gooner Ballack might have denied it but the video prives it.Also,Fergie never confirmed the pizza incident from our game,but it did happen.Ballack would have looked like a weakling if he admitted that teenage Fabregas spat on him and he stood there.Arsene Wenger shook hands when we won 4-2 at Highbury,so i don’t think we can question that he does that.I think the only time he didn’t shake was when he got into a fight with Pardew.
Absolutely agree, a first class twat is that young man. Let’s ask the question: Why was he on the pitch confronting the Hull team anyway? That’s bad enough. Then spitting, which he clearly did, and now vehemently denies because he knows how bad it is for his rep.
Not just disgusting, but cowardly too. Him and Van Persie are both disgusting representations of footballers.
Arsenal are professionals at unsporting conduct. Wenger is now becoming old news and his antics (didn’t see it, not fair, they bullied us etc) are becoming stale. Even his own fans are unsure of him now.
Worth a read
http://soccerlens.com/why-does-the-press-protect-fabregas/24453/
If Fabregas is out injured then why was he on the pitch in the first place?
Great post Mike, those examples show what a disgusting reptile he is (and an outright coward too).
that article was spot on mike. It’s about time the media stopped going over the top when rooney ronaldo do something stupid while they turn a blind eye to every average player. Although it is something united players have to accept while we are the most heavily supported we are also the most hated, making people wanting to read about us regardless.
I haven’t read too many papers since saturday but saw pederson got a small caption about his dive at arsenal. Is he going to be tagged as a serial diver? doubt it
For those who have brains, do you think that Ballack would continue to lie down if Cesc really spat at him ??
Big goon, where do you get off telling Scott to mind his own business, when your an Arsenal fan coming on a Man United blog? Surely you should be minding your own business somewhere mate, preferably not here. Fabregas is a dirty little cunt.
if it’s true that ballack claimed cesc never spat at him, then how retarded must you be to still think he did?
you can’t actually see spit in this video at any point and you couldn’t in high quality on tv at the time. besides which ballack is a diver and opportunist. it wouldn’t exactly be the first time a player sees a chance to get someone in trouble and takes it through play acting.
do you really think if he did it ballack would bother to say he didn’t do it?
i don’t know about what happened with hull because none of us have seen it, but citing a not only inconclusive video but also inherently flawed example of him ‘spitting’ where the ‘victim’ claimed he didn’t actually spit is simply retarded.
if cesc did do it this time then he deserves to get a serious punishment for it, but just because you don’t like him it doesn’t mean you should ignore good evidence in his favour. you might be a biased football fan, but you’re still just retarded to do so.
Oh God, yesterday it was the Liverpool fans, today It’ll probably be the Arsenal fans, the issue has nothing to do with us, why bring it up?
poor blog do some research mate, Brown is a lying prick..first he said fabregas spit in Horton’s face, then he changed it to his feet..he even mentioned two locations where the ‘incident’ took place..first the pitch then in the tunnel..Brown’s arguements doesn’t hold water,so which is which?? care to explain..if you can’t explain then stop posting blogs for everybody’s sake..it only makes you look stupid..oh wait you are stupid..
hehe I like it, this is what its all about! Making controversy out of nothing just to keep things interesting…
”Big goon, where do you get off telling Scott to mind his own business, when your an Arsenal fan coming on a Man United blog?”
NewsNow ring any bells? You post an article about an Arsenal player, it becomes our business. There’s no need for all this, it’s got nothing to do with Man Utd. Feel free to express your opinions about our players, but don’t expect us to just lie down and take it easy. Here’s my opinion: Rooney is a foul-mouthed ogre. Is that ok? It’s just my opinion and it’s more relevant seeing as I posted it on a Man Utd blog.
People keep saying Ballack confessed Fabregas never spat at him. I asked for a quote or a link this morning and whilst plenty more Arsenal fans have posted their thoughts on this, claiming Ballack denied it ever happening, I’ve still yet to see any evidence of this.
If there isn’t a link or any quotes, you should stop referring to Ballack denying it happened. If there is a link or quotes, show me it, and I’ll add it to the article as a counter balance to the video.
Well i can see the spit and i can see Ballack catching his eye afterwards.I don’t have any brains then.Fabregas has always had issues.Last year when Gallas equalised in the 93rd minute against us,the camera catches him shouting fuck off continuosly at Rio Ferdinand.Last year when Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 with Gallas’ goal,at one time he swings at Frank Lampard after a tackle.Talented as a player,angry as a boy.Accept it guys.Personally,i accept that Rooney has a temper issue and he could have been sent off at more than one occasion.
First off, Phil Brown now claims Fabregas spat at the feet of Horton, not in his face. This whole affair stinks of sore losing. Sure we got very lucky with Gallas’ goal but Hull have had enough luck themselves this season; they only got a goal last night because of a wicked defelction. Spitting at someone’s feet, even if he did do it, isn’t the same as spitting in someone’s face. And your video proves fuck all; on a low quality piece of shit like that one could even be convinced that Ronaldo is caught when he dives, or Rooney is trying to win the ball when he cleans out an opponent! If you want to use videos that prove nothing and the rants of a sore loser as a basis for slandering another team’s player, then fair enough!
Izham gunner, if you bothered to read the article you half-wit you would have seen Scott doesn’t confirm that Fabregas spat at Phil Brown but that his statement is false…
Scott- since when is evidence required on your blog?
Arsene Wenger is a paedophile isn’t he? Any evidence. Oh yeah- it rhymes so it must be true.
Any evidence that Fabregas threw pizza at Sir Red Nose?
No?
Jake – Not being awkward mate but where does Scott say the statement is false?
Gerry Gooner – don’t get your knickers in a twist. Just because Arsenal fans prefer to sing more factually accurate chants (e.g. about the Holocaust) don’t get pissy with me for posting up a video of your man crush spitting in someone’s face.
We’ve had this before Scott- Turks fans with knives etc etc.
Am I to take it then that he isn’t a paedo? You’ve been asked already- where is the spit from Fabregas? Regardless of any denial- I don’t see him spitting- other than some sap has called the video that.
See this video below of Eric Cantona trying to rescue a spectator from a handbag snatcher?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovYWY4Pf9_M&feature=related
Get my drift?
The video is hard to tell because Ballack is one of the biggest girls around and I dont think any of us on here, United and Gooners alike, would be surprised in the least if Ballack pretended about the spitting by wipping away nothing just to get the lad 10 years his younger sent off. If it was someone at least half way honest, then I would say obviously there is a spitting there due to the “victims” reaction, but with Ballack it could be anything. Oh, and I f’ing hate that big german pussy
by the video
regardless of this subject, and whether or not Fabregas spit on his face or not; what I really don’t get is why on earth people like ‘Gerry Gooner’ come on this website, which to a clear eye of a civilised normal human being is obviously a dedicated and respectful website and forum for Manchester United and us fans, and leave negative comments just to annoy and harass us. why? why?!! do WE for instance go on an arsenal fan forum and sign up just to bring arguments and negativity and disputes? do WE ever do this? I just dont get it. are these people so bored and have nothing to do that they come here just to annoy us?! dont they have jobs or anything?! I mean, this is unbelievable!!! and scott, I dont get it why you just dont kick these people out!
Same old arsenal. Same old arsenal fans. Fabregas is a cheating prick. He dives regularly and is always looking to get opponents sent off instead of getting on with his own game. Despicable little f&*k!
Jake – sorry pal, thought you meant Phil Brown’s statement!
When articles with the word ‘arsenal’ in the title are published here, they appear on sites like newsnow and goonernews. Wouldn’t you defend you club or players if you saw them being baselessly slandered?
Muppets! As per johnny- its on newsnow- thats why we’re here. I actually quite like Scotts stuff- don’t agree with it but its good stuff.
And I quote:
‘Fabregas is a cheating prick. He dives regularly and is always looking to get opponents sent off instead of getting on with his own game. Despicable little f&*k!’
Don’t you mean:
Ronaldo is a cheating prick. He dives regularly and is always looking to get opponents sent off instead of getting on with his own game. Despicable little f&*k!
The headline: ‘And he SPITS does fabregas’ should read according to Phil Brown.
Phil brown – whose story has changed from:
He came on the pitch and brian horton told me he spat at him TO
He spat at brian horton in the tunnel TO
I saw him spit at Brian Horton in the tunnel TO
He might have spat at his feet.
The same man is live on setanta saying their club captain spat at my assistant manger that will tell you what they’re all about- then denies saying that on BBC 5 live today. The same man states that Arsene Wenger never shook hands with him after their win in the league at Emirates despite being photographed doing just that!!
Scott why not run a story about Diouf’s challenge on Almunia or Pedersens dive in the same game? Its actually more important than this shit.
Unitedblogger, dont be a hypocrite mate. Cesc does dive but not nearly as much as Ronaldo the superstar sissyboy. What is he then eh? a self rightous prick with the biggest head on the planet? or just Fergie’s lil spoilt bratt?
Manyoo has the biggest twits on the planet. There’s the tomatoe with the foul mouth, and there’s the best player in the world with a gigantic ego. Ronnie, Ronnie, i kept him in my pocket and he spat at me.
Gerry Gooner – Have to agree with one thing, Pederson’s dive was a disgrace.
Scott made it clear:
Show us Ballack’s quote, and we will try to admit Fabregas did not spit
I also tried to make a point a few times already:
Show us Ronaldo won more penalties than Gerrard, else, to us, Gerrard is the worst diver
jake if you understand simple english you would be able to understand what i said…Brown claimed Fabregas spat at Horton’s face then he changed it onto his feet, then the location of the incident is ambigous, first on the pitch then the tunnel..so i’m aksing you who’s the liar?? Obviously it’s Brown NOT Scott..shame on Scott for believing in Brown’s statements and shame on him for being so naive..and i quote
”In the interview following the game, Hull boss Phil Brown claimed that Cesc Fabregas spat in the face of Hull assistant boss Brian Horton..”
”Fabregas claims he didn’t do such a thing, would never do such a thing, but for some reason, I’m not so sure…”
You can’t clearly see if there’s any spit coming out of Fabregas even if you watched it a million times..the video might seems like Fabregas spat in Ballack’s face, it also seems to show that Fabregas was hurling abuse towards Ballack..
therefore Fabregas statement is TRUE unlike a certain Brown..
@Gerry Gooner if your looking for an argument here about Ronaldo diving? youll find gooner United fans hate him doing it as much as any other supporter, i think its fucking embarassing to him and to us, Scotts asked you lads about ballacks quote denying cesc gobbed on him, you aint come up with it yet , your just defending your player as loyal fans fuck all wrong with that but the rest of us think hes a dirty little fucker at the end of the day it was only ballack for fuck sake
StenhousemuirRed you asked for evidence that Ballack quote denying Fabregas spat on him..so i ask u prove to me that Ballack quote Fabregas DID spat on him..
haha, taking the easy way out huh izham? This is a United blog, we believe what we see until proven otherwise. Your job to prove otherwise if you want to make sense, else your better off praying for 4th spot
My fellow gooners cant prove that Cesc did not spit at Ballack but i can.
1. Ballack did not react when Cesc “spat” at him.
2.No one claimed that Cesc spat at Ballack. Not the manager and certainly not Ballack.
3. No action was taken by Uefa.
4. The ref gave a yellow card for the tackle, not for spitting.
Now i know that even Mancs arent dumb enough to think that Uefa will take no action what so ever against a player, playing for an English team spitting at a German player.
Wow, solid prove! Hey, Hitler never got prosecuted before you know? Did he do something wrong? I’m sure he’s a nice guy then
well marq if you believe what you see, then it proves that you are a dumbass..did you see any spit coming off from Fabregas mouth?? i certainly not as does everyone else, and if you believe what you see, surely you must have some concrete evidence eg; Ballack/the referee/UEFA/Bayern players and staffs quoting that Fabregas DID spat on Ballack..
there’s no quote which says Fabregas DID/DID NOT spat on Ballack, so your arguement don’t hold any water..if you’re able to prove it to me then i will say without a doubt that Fabregas is a liar, as he said he never spat on anyone before..but if you can’t prove it to me, then stop wasting your time posting comments and do something beneficial for everyone’s sake..
you’re innoncent until proven guilty not the other way around, that goes to all ManYoo fans and the blogger in particular..
Why would a football man like Brian Horton claim Fabregas spat at him if he didn’t?
The point is that this article shows Fabregas up as a liar for me…Why else would he get so close to Ballack’s face and then actually do a motion which suggests he spat at Ballack, i.e. his heard jerking forward…you’re an idiot izham…now everyone knows you can do a pretend-spit or a very minor saliva spit…it doesn’t have to be some huge amount of saliva but it’s still spitting at someone…Fabregas spat at Ballack, he was young, bit of an idiot and obviously still very much a continental European where this is much more prevalent…but his statement is false and he’s a liar/ or just very forgetful
Fabregas was shouting at Ballack that’s all..we couldn’t see any spit emerging from Fabregas mouth do we?? He was booked for the tackle you dumb wit..let me quote what you said:
” he get so close to Ballack’s face and then actually do a motion WHICH SUGGESTS he spat at Ballack, i.e. his heard jerking forward”
there you have it “WHICH SUGGESTS”, not a strong enough claim ain’t it?? and don’t go about saying Ballack’s reaction you dumbass..
well jake if i were to lean my head towards you and shout at you, wouldn’t you have recoil?? well that’s what our instinct reaction would have been wouldn’t it??
like what i said earlier unless you can prove to me there’s a quote somewhere where Ballack/the ref/Uefa/Bayern players and staffs said that Fabregas did spat on Ballack then i wouldn’t say Fabregas is a liar..
and so far none of you ManYoo fans even the BLOGGER can prove to me that Fabregas did spat at Ballack therefore claims of Fabregas being a liar is unfounded..i rest my case
I was talking about Fabregas’ head jerking forward, therefore suggesting he had spat…not Ballack’s…you can’t even read mate and your grasp of English leaves a little to be desired, ‘which suggests’ is a perfectly reasonable term denoting the likelihood that something is true…there is no such thing as concrete evidence, that’s why there is an enquiry in which an educated decison based on the evidence is made…I would say that I could make an educated decision that Fagbregas had spat at Ballack, if he didn’t, then that’s unlucky but you shouldn’t be getting within two inches of another player’s face and motioning like you had spat because that leaves you open to the accusation…you’re an idiot and so is he
jake if my english is not up to par then pardon me coz it’s not my mother tongue..Look here moron the video above is inconclusive, and like you said his action ie; head jerking forward is open to accusation..accusation which could prove him guilty or otherwise, if he’s guilty then he’s a liar right?? and what if he’s innoncent, do you still call him a liar or unlucky??
idiots like you see what you only want to see..you’re English aren’t you?? surely you must have heard something like “a picture tells a thousand words”..
my point is this video is inconclusive and doesn’t justify Fabregas being a liar however unlike a certain Brown who keeps telling lies after lies..a) wenger never shook his hands after any of the 3 games..photographic and video evidence shows that wenger did shook his hands when they beat us at the Emirates and when we beat them at the KC (that’s concrete evidence)..b) Brown degrading Arsenal FC in his post match interview and denying the claim in an interview with Ms Derbyshire on BBC..c) inconsistent account of the event which took place eg; location of incident
like i said earlier if there’s a quote somewhere where Ballack/the ref/Uefa/Bayern players and staffs said that Fabregas did spat on Ballack then i’d agree Fabregas is a liar..clearly you’ve never been to court jake, coz if you want to prosecute an accuse, you have to have evidence and witnesses not educated decision like what you said you have in abundance..my guess is if you’re a lawyer, your case would have been thrown out of court as it’s based on educated decision not evidence and witnesses..
now go on and look up for the quote and counter my points..my stand is Fabregas is not a liar as there’s no substantial evidence to prove that he did spat at Ballack..
the evidence is the video moron and you don’t seem to understand the meaning of ‘a picture tells a thousand words’ because that backs up my argument…and I speak pretty good French but you don’t see me on French blogs having arguments with French people because it would be futile…you don’t need a confession to be able to say someone did something in the eyes of the law…the video is enough, idiot
hey moron ‘a picture tells a thousand words” also clearly back up my point you idiot..it may seems he spat at Ballack and it also seems he hurls abuse at Ballack..i’m so disappointed in you jake, English is your mother tongue but you only seems to see it in only one perspective..with regards to the video being your evidence,it is inconclusive..here’s a quote from an article i believe you haven’t see..
“the entire incident was seen by the match official, and Fabregas was booked, indeed in his match report the referee cited the yellow card was for yelling abuse at Ballack.No complaint was ever made by Micheal Ballack or Bayern Munich, and now BM director of communications, Markus Hoerwick, has come to the aid of Fabregas claiming ‘It definitely never happened. If anything of that kind happened I would have been the first to be informed and the first to do something about it.’ ”
there you have it case closed..it’s better talking to a stupid person rather than talking to someone as a stubborn little prick like you.
*someone who is a stubborn little prick like you….and I’m not very little