Looks like Prat-rick can't handle the truth...strange that he waits for Ruud in the tunnel, intending to speak to him, then when Ruud wants to speak to him, he has nothing to say.
F***ing coward. On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 04:17PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The following news article was added to www.red11.org/news on Mon Sep 22 @ 08:17:57 >GMT > >OLD TRAFFORD TUNNEL STORM > >Patrick Vieira had to be held back from confronting Ruud van Nistelrooy in the tunnel >at Old Trafford yesterday as the ill-feeling from his red-card in Arsenal's stormy >Premiership encounter with Manchester United continued in an ugly slanging match. The >Arsenal captain was sent off in the goalless draw following a clash with Van >Nistelrooy and an incensed Vieira believed the Dutchman acted as though he had been >caught when Vieira kicked out to earn a second yellow card. Replays showed there had >been no contact. > >Vieira waited to talk to the Dutchman in the Old Trafford tunnel at the end of the >match but van Nistelrooy hurried to the dressing room. Some 25 minutes later, Vieira >was talking to Eric Djemba-Djemba and Fabien Barthez of United and team-mats Robert >Pires when van Nistelrooy emerged and agreed to speak to him. > >Vieira said: "I have nothing to say to you," and continued talking to the other trio. >Van Nistelrooy then called out: "You have no class" a comment which enraged Vieira. >An eye witness said: "Patrick was really angry when van Nistelrooy said that. "He >went towards him and said he would really make contact this time and van Nistelrooy >would know what it is like to be hurt. But he was held back." > >The fall-out from the game will be sure to prompt a Football Association inquiry. >Earlier, Van Nistelrooy has been the target of ferocious verbal abuse from the >Arsenal players following the red card. When van Nistelrooy missed a last-minute >penalty awarded by Steve Bennett for a foul by Martin Keown on substitute Diego >Forlan, he was surrounded by Arsenal players who taunted and jostled him. > >Keown is likely to face a disciplinary charge after appearing to hit Van Nistelrooy >on the back of the head as the Dutchman was surrounded by Ray Parlour, Ashley Cole >and Lauren. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger criticised Van Nistelrooy for "a kind of >cheating". United manager Sir Alex Ferguson described the Arsenal players' behaviour >as "beyond the pale" and called for the FA to investigate the scenes at the end of >the game. > >The FA will await the report of Bennett and the fourth official, Neale Barry before >announcing what they will do but they could impose a massive fine or even deduct >points from Wenger's team. Bennett was a controversial choice. He was in charge >during the stormy Community Shield match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff last >month, a game in which he sent off Arsenal's Francis Jeffers and which saw defender >Sol Campbell retrospectively cited by the FA after video evidence showed him kicking >out at Djemba-Djemba. Campbell was later charged by the FA for violent conduct and he >has asked for a personal hearing. > >www.thisislondon.com > >http://www.red11.org/news > > > >Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list > >Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. >Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > ----- christopher sj ong e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog : http://osj.livejournal.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> ReplayTV: CNet Ranked #1 over Tivo! Instant Replay & Pause live TV. Special Sale: 50% off! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UUMW7B/.5qGAA/ySSFAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
