ADE: I WAS WRONG.Byline: NEIL NEIL Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited NEIL Network Engineering and Integration Lab McLEMAN EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR Emmanuel Adebayor (born February 26, 1984 in Lomé, Togo) is a Togolese football player who currently plays for Arsenal. He had previously played for FC Metz and AS Monaco. He is of Nigerian descent via his parents who were born in the Osun State in south-west Nigeria. has finally admitted he was wrong to stamp on Robin van Persie. The Manchester City striker returned to action on Monday after serving a three-match ban for raking his studs down his former Arsenal team-mate's face (inset) on September 12. The Dutchman claimed Adebayor would never apologise. And although the Togo striker stopped short of saying sorry, he has now confessed he regretted causing injury to a fellow professional. "It's one of the things that you can't do in football," Adebayor said. "It's true that if someone did that to me it would annoy and hurt me. I regret it, for sure." But Adebayor was less contrite con·trite adj. 1. Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses; penitent. 2. Arising from or expressing contrition: contrite words. about his goal celebration in front of the Arsenal fans. He added: "When I heard the fans insulting my parents, I couldn't stand it. When I scored, I wanted to show them 'You kicked me out of the club, now I've scored against you'." |
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