Everton threatened to derail Arsenal’s slim hopes of landing the Premier League title this season, with the Toffees leading 1-0 for much of Tuesday night’s game at the Emirates before late goals from Andrey Arshavin and Laurent Koscielny turned the game on its head.
However, by that point in the match, David Moyes believes that Cesc Fabregas should not have been on the pitch. The Spaniard appeared to abuse the match officials who allowed Louis Saha’s 24th minute opener and the Everton manager claims his team should have faced ten men in the second half.
“Fabregas’ comments to the referee and the fourth official at half-time coming down the tunnel warranted a sending off,” said Moyes. “I’m not going to repeat them, but they were disappointing comments from such a talented footballer. They weren’t about our players, but they were deserving of a sending off, 100%. If he’d said them on the pitch he would have been off like that. Why should it be any different in the tunnel?
“He’s a big player for them. I think it changed the flow of the game, but I’m not going to repeat what he said. I’ll let them tell you what he said. But the decision for the goal seemed to change a lot of things in the game.”