Eboue: I’m No Cheat!

Since ‘that goal’ in Paris back in May, Manu Eboue has been called a cheat just about every week.

It did appear that the talented defender took a dive back then but I think that the constant jibes since then are unfair and Eboue agrees.

Speaking ahead of Arsenal’s 6-2 demolishion of Blacjburn Eboue said: ‘It is not my style to play like that.

‘I honestly didn’t mean to and I apologised immediately.

‘I’m not out on the pitch to mess about or have a laugh. Sometimes you can be light-hearted, but not all the time. It depends on the situation.

Manu also explained why he and Robbie Keane went toe-to-toe in the North London Derby earlier this month.

Eboue said: ‘When I came up against Robbie Keane, in that recent game against Tottenham, I got very angry because first he provoked me, then he annoyed me, then he trod on me and then he insulted me.

‘I don’t accept that. I don’t like being insulted or shouted at by a player. I just want to do my job well and I don’t like people messing about with me during a game.’