Alfonso
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Fat Sam's post match comments(quite interesting)-
"Arsenal have tried to match us physically recently and failed," said Allardyce. "They broke Ivan Campo's foot last year with a diabolical tackle. And as usual there were a few tackles flying in because our lads were pumped up. Some of them were fouls, some of them were good tackles. But Arsenal always get irate when you upset them and that's why other teams have copied what we do. You know that Arsenal will lose their cool and composure and when they do that, you know you've got a chance."
"I don't have to make my players aware of what Arsène Wenger says about us, because he makes disparaging comments about us all the time. But I think it's about time he ate some humble pie, because Arsenal haven't beaten us in the league at the Reebok since 2002." Allardyce fed his players an encouraging statistic before the game. "I told them that Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie contribute 56 per cent of Arsenal's goals. Because those two weren't playing they weren't as clinical as they normally are." Chelsea are the next visitors to Bolton on Wednesday and boss Allardyce added: "I just hope Jose Mourinho is moaning as much as Wenger was after this result."
"Arsenal have tried to match us physically recently and failed," said Allardyce. "They broke Ivan Campo's foot last year with a diabolical tackle. And as usual there were a few tackles flying in because our lads were pumped up. Some of them were fouls, some of them were good tackles. But Arsenal always get irate when you upset them and that's why other teams have copied what we do. You know that Arsenal will lose their cool and composure and when they do that, you know you've got a chance."
"I don't have to make my players aware of what Arsène Wenger says about us, because he makes disparaging comments about us all the time. But I think it's about time he ate some humble pie, because Arsenal haven't beaten us in the league at the Reebok since 2002." Allardyce fed his players an encouraging statistic before the game. "I told them that Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie contribute 56 per cent of Arsenal's goals. Because those two weren't playing they weren't as clinical as they normally are." Chelsea are the next visitors to Bolton on Wednesday and boss Allardyce added: "I just hope Jose Mourinho is moaning as much as Wenger was after this result."