Sagna: We showed more to Arsenal than Cesc
Arsenal fullback Bacary Sagna says last night's thrashing of Porto is proof they're not a one-man team.
Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas missed the tie with a hamstring injury, leaving Nicklas Bendtner to score a hat-trick and Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue to weigh in with goals.
"We are a team first," said Sagna. "It's not about one player, even though Cesc is very talented. We showed that everyone can play.
"Of course, Cesc is welcome in the team, he's the captain, which means a lot, and he's a very good player. But we're approximately 25 players at Arsenal, so we play as a team.
"It was quite difficult tonight, we had to win if we wanted to go through. But we were able to score quite quickly and the game became a bit easier for us. We kept pressurising and that was important. You have to congratulate the team for what we did."
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Comments (4)
yes? that was a great talk from sagna...we play as a team but not individuals ?cesc is a very great player we really like him so much and he contributes a lot in the team....what a great player he is but all the boys can play...i really like the way they played without cesc....hope we go this way with the league...
One player who helped a lot yesterday and hasn't been getting much attention is Abou Diaby, played in a more central, holding midfield role he has been a revelation and a big part of Arsenal's rejuvenated form imo.
Arse should buy the Hulk from them he is a very very good player and bring him to bpl.....
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