The United legend claims that his teammate cannot be held responsible for the coin that struck him in the Manchester derby, also adding that after such late goals it was hard to contain one’s emotions.
Sunday’s titanic clash with Manchester City and Manchester United witnessed an unsavoury incident towards the very end of the game, despite the rest of the ninety minutes passing very smoothly.
Red Devils’ star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 scored the winner and ecstatically ran towards his supporters to share the joy.
However, unknowingly the defender stepped close to the opposing City supporters and then had a coin struck to his face, which left him with a bleeding eye that eventually required stitches.
To further compound the situation, an angered fan ran onto the pitch and was heading towards Ferdinand with menace, but luckily http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699 intervened and managed to keep him at bay before he was arrested.
While everyone was shocked at Ferdinand’s resolve, the centre-back remained calm on the field and even left the chance to receive proper medical treatment as the match drew to a close.
Since it was a minor injury, the former Leeds man has recovered quickly and while some sectors pin the blame entirely on him, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ryan-Giggs-c31985 claims that his fellow teammate cannot be held responsible because the supporters are so tightly packed together that you cannot differentiate between them in the stands.
"First of all it's tough at City because their hardcore supporters are right next to our supporters. When they are so close together how can you determine whether you are just celebrating in front of United fans?” said the Welsh winger while talking to reporters.
Continuing, he added that with such a spectacular strike from Van Persie at the very end, it was always going to be difficult for players to control their emotions and celebrations needed to be spectacular otherwise it would take the joy out of playing football
"When you score a goal like that you don't have control of yourself. As a player you want to celebrate. If you just scored a goal and walked back to the centre circle, United fans would want to know what's going on,” Giggsy was quoted as saying while speaking to the media.
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