Bloody Hell, You Wouldn't Hear Pires Apologise For Diving!

Long before Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba or Steven Gerrard were diving in the Premiership, Robert Pires was perfecting the art for Arsenal.

His most famous dive arguably came towards the end of Arsenal’s unbeaten season, where the penalty he earnt with a dive saved Arsenal from defeat, and kept their record in tact.

The likes of Gerrard dive all over the place, but then pretend he is entirely innocent. “None of that here,” he once claimed he’d tell a team mate if he saw them diving. Pires was exactly the same, diving here, there and everywhere, and after the game, Wenger would claim he didn’t see it.

Today, Wayne Rooney and Sir Alex Ferguson have responded to Rooney’s dive against Villarreal last night.

“It is uncharacteristic of Wayne,” said Ferguson. “He thought he was going to be tackled and made the most of thought he was going to be tackled and made the most of it. But he has seen it again and apologised to me. You don’t usually see it from him. Maybe he had been watching Robert Pires too much. At least he said sorry. You would not hear Pires saying that, bloody hell!”

Rooney also explained his actions, saying, “I thought I was going to get kicked and tried to ride the challenge.”