Mastering the darkish arts in soccer is seemingly one thing that goes hand-in-hand with success.
Consider a number of the nice Premier League groups and so they’ve all the time had gamers who had been nasty to play towards, however knew tread the road completely.
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Roy Keane at Manchester United was an knowledgeable, together with Patrick Vieira at Arsenal too.
Extra lately, Fernandinho and Rodri have been the masters behind Man Metropolis’s success.
talkSPORT’s very personal Gabby Agbonlahor, the Aston Villa legend, has come up towards a number of gamers who had been horrible to play towards.
However how do rivals attempt to get in your head on the pitch? Gabby revealed all on just a few methods folks would use.
“There’s occasions when one thing private about you is out within the information and gamers use that towards you.
“Or they may hear one thing a couple of associate and use that towards gamers. It is fairly brutal on the market.”
Apart from the verbal abuse, there are additionally bodily methods to tame an opponent.
He added: “Individuals would step in your Achilles from the again with the massive studs you used to play with.
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“It was nothing unhealthy, however the refs aren’t going to see that. Slightly knee within the hamstring too.
“VAR again then would have had a subject day with crimson playing cards far and wide. Individuals would elbow you whereas going up for a header and stamp in your toes when it was chilly and make it worse.”
By way of the worst gamers Agbonlahor performed towards, it was a Newcastle hero that was among the many worst.
“I performed Underneath-21s with Steven Taylor, however he would pinch me on a regular basis on the pitch, all over the place.
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“He’d pinch your again when he stood behind you, in between your ribs, pinch on the again of your neck. You are like ‘oh simply cease’ however again then it was one thing that you simply did not actually see on the cameras and bought away with.
“You are near stamping again on him and for those who do that you are the one who will get crimson carded.”
The Aston Villa legend, who scored 74 Premier League targets, additionally namedropped just a few different gamers who had been well-known for his or her antics.
He continued: “Joey Barton was one, he was a trash-talker and was all the time chirpy. Nemanja Vidic as effectively was generally a trash-talker, however there’s fairly just a few others too like Robbie Savage who would wind quite a lot of gamers up.
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“Adam Lallana too, not likely to me however to teammates, nevertheless it’s the darkish arts. It is what you do to try to get in somebody’s head, get them to foul you, get despatched off. It is all about taking part in the sport.”
Agbonlahor himself was not the harmless sufferer in all this both, he had just a few methods that he revealed can be his favourites.
“I used to attend for a defender to be working in the direction of the ball, particularly in the event that they had been near the touchline, and I might shoulder barge in order that they fell into the promoting board.
“I used to get quite a lot of bookings in my profession for issues like that.
“I identical to tackling. I like kicking folks. I bear in mind smashing Danny Rose, my mate. I simply love kicking folks and attempting to get a response from the defenders in order that they kick me after which they get despatched off.”
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