Arsene Wenger has withdrawn comments calling for Birmingham defender Martin Taylor to be banned for life.Taylor was red carded in the 2-2 draw at St Andrews for a tackle on Eduardo da Silva that left the Arsenal striker with a broken leg.Wenger was furious with Taylor after the match and said he could not be forgiven for such a challenge.He claimed the 28-year-old intentionally set out to injure Eduardo and should not be allowed to play football again.However, the Gunners boss has now softened his stance after having more time to consider the incident."It was a highly emotional afternoon and we were all shocked by the injury to Eduardo," said Wenger."On reflection, I feel that my comments about Martin Taylor were excessive. I said what I did immediately after the game in the heat of the moment."An apologetic Martin Taylor has insisted there was no 'malicious intent' in the tackle.
emotions got the better of him because the comments were harsh. Potentially taking away Eduardos livelihood wouldn't be made any better by stopping Taylor earning a living unless he did go all out to hurt eduardo. The petitions are stupid aswell.
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Arsene Wenger has withdrawn comments calling for Birmingham defender Martin Taylor to be banned for life.Taylor was red carded in the 2-2 draw at St Andrews for a tackle on Eduardo da Silva that left the Arsenal striker with a broken leg.Wenger was furious with Taylor after the match and said he could not be forgiven for such a challenge.He claimed the 28-year-old intentionally set out to injure Eduardo and should not be allowed to play football again.However, the Gunners boss has now softened his stance after having more time to consider the incident."It was a highly emotional afternoon and we were all shocked by the injury to Eduardo," said Wenger."On reflection, I feel that my comments about Martin Taylor were excessive. I said what I did immediately after the game in the heat of the moment."An apologetic Martin Taylor has insisted there was no 'malicious intent' in the tackle.
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MrJibbles
Don't blame Wenger for coming out and withdrawning the comments.
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HangTheDJ
fair play to him
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Supreme
did any1 see goli on MOTD ? ? ?
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HangTheDJ
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Young £
Skeen Wenger
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anti social
Well the comments were a bit silly
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Supreme
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Agony
Dem 3 point turns there
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Young Spray
DAT GOLI GEEZER WAS ALL OVER THE TV YESTERDAY.
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Captain S
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emotions got the better of him because the comments were harsh. Potentially taking away Eduardos livelihood wouldn't be made any better by stopping Taylor earning a living unless he did go all out to hurt eduardo. The petitions are stupid aswell.
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Guest Death
Not generally a fan of wenger but he was right to do what he did, assuming it came from hisself, and not the club forcign him to retract it.
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Badman
Props to wenger,you would never see Ferguson take back something he said
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I.B.Blackman
hdh
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wtf
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