Former Arsenal and now Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor scored the winning goal in a 4–2 victory over Arsenal on Saturday. He then proceeded to run to the opposite side of the pitch to taunt the visiting Arsenal fans.
Chaos in the stands ensued with objects being thrown on the pitch, knocking a steward unconscious.The English Football Association will look into Adebayor crowd taunting incident and another incident in the match where he allegedly stamped on Arsenal striker Robin van Persie. The stomp left van Persie with a gash on the side of the face. A decision on Adebayor’s actions is due Tuesday.
In a statement on Arsenal’s official Web site van Persie called the act a “mindless and malicious stamp.” He was “sad and disappointed” by his former teammate’s actions.
“He set out to hurt me today. I do feel lucky that I have not received a greater injury,” said van Persie shortly after the match.
“The contact was only centimeters from my eye. I have not received an apology from him, there were no words exchanged afterwards. He had his own agenda today and that is bad for football [soccer]. It’s bad for the game we all love.”
Adebayor left Arsenal for big-spending Manchester City in acrimonious fashion in the off-season.
Manchester City improved their record to four wins from four games. They are in third place behind Chelsea and Manchester United.
Arsenal has now lost two in a row after winning their first two games of the season.
But on the bright side for the Gunners, Eduardo had a two-match ban for diving in a Champions League play-off against Celtic overturned. The Croatian international striker will be able to play in Arsenal’s Wednesday Champions League game against Standard Liege.
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