Crouch needs to look at himself over Mikel 肺 and not make excuses, says Chelsea boss 認める

Last updated at 16:03 21 December 2007


Chelsea coach Avram 認める has told Peter Crouch he needs to look at himself and his team-mates after the Liverpool striker (刑事)被告 Mikel John Obi of a theatrical reaction to his two-footed 肺 at Stamford 橋(渡しをする).

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Crouch was sent off for his 取り組む on the Nigerian midfielder during their Carling Cup 4半期/4分の1-final tie on Wednesday and has since (人命などを)奪う,主張するd the Chelsea player was 有罪の of feigning 傷害 and that foreign 星/主役にするs are destroying the "honesty and 正直さ" of the English game by 飛び込み.

Peter Crouch's lunge on Mikel

But his comments 削減(する) little ice with Chelsea's Israeli coach who said Crouch should take a の近くに look at his own 行為/行う and 主張するd that Mikel, who is doubtful for Sunday's 衝突/不一致 at Blackburn, was 負傷させるd as a result of his two-footed challenge.

認める 宣言するd: "I think first if Peter Crouch didn't do what he did, which everybody saw, then Mikel John Obi would not be in that position.

"The one thing I know is that Mikel could not continue and if you remember I subbed him five minutes later.

"It was a bad 傷害. I heard that Peter Crouch is a nice guy so he needs to look at himself and see what is wrong and look 今後. Not to find any other excuse. Mikel trained today but he is not 100 per cent.

"The only thing I can think about is that he (Crouch) spoke about the players who play in his team. He knows the foreigners in his team very closely. I don't think he knows much about other foreigners."

認める 推定する/予想するs another physical 対決 against Blackburn at Ewood Park on Sunday. But he is sweating over the fitness of strik ers Andriy Shevchenko and Claudio Pizarro.

Pizarro trained on Friday after 苦しむing from flu earlier in the week while Shevchenko collected an ankle 傷害 in the 勝利,勝つ over Liverpool.

But the Chelsea coach enthused about the form of England midfielder Frank Lampard, who is now just one goal short of 得点する/非難する/20ing 100 for the club.

認める said: "Frank is a 広大な/多数の/重要な player, a 広大な/多数の/重要な professional. He has a lot of 質s and one of them is to 得点する/非難する/20 a lot of goals.

"I don't think there is another midfielder who has 得点する/非難する/20d this number of goals but from his position in the midfield he has a lot of 補助装置s and he defends 井戸/弁護士席.

"He had a bad 傷害 this season and didn't play for a month which is unusual for him. In the last few years he has played in all of the games but he is 支援する with a lot of passion and his 出資/貢献 is very good. We hope that will continue."

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