Yes it was horrific, yes it was career threatening, but is this all getting blown out of proportion to some extent. Martin Taylor went in wrecklessly and ended up snapping Eduardo's foot, it was appaling but Taylor didnt maliciously decide to break Eduardos foot the way he did.
Then we have Wenger and as much as I have respect for him as a manager because he undoubtedly is one of the best in the business, as a person he can be an absolute ass at times. His comments after the game were outrageous to say the least 'Taylor should be banned for life' then back tracking later in the day. The amount of controversy his Arsenal players have caused in the last 10 years, typical wenger has something happen to his precious team and he creates uproar in the media.
These wreckless challenges happen week in week out and this type of injury was bound to happen at some point. Taylor did deserve red but there have been worse tackles were players have escaped injurys. You only have to look back to last week to see the Arsenal players against Man Utd...
I feel refs should crack down on these dirty challenges, players should be shown red for these wild lunges, but at the end of the day this is football and unfortunately these horrific challengers occur.
Whats your views on the tackle leave comments below.
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