Specialist in failure comments
The build up to the match between Chelsea and Arsenal was intense and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho made such a comment in that period that could be conceived to be in a bad taste. There has always been a known rivalry between Wenger and Mourinho since the time he took charge of the Blues back in 2004.
Wenger had earlier accused Mourinho of being scared to admit that Chelsea are a genuine title contenders because the Portuguese manager has he has a ‘fear of failure’ and replying to those comments, Mourinho dubbed Arsene Wenger to be a specialist in failure, something which angered most of the Arsenal fans and they became visibly upset. But after the match Wenger declined to comment on that and that cooled the whole matter. To which Wenger replied,
“Look, I don’t want to go into that silly, disrespectful remarks. I never spoke about him in my press conference, and I will not start that. The only thing I know it’s more embarrassing for Chelsea than for me.”
Suarez crying
He has had the image of the bad boy of football and thus the whole football world was stunned when Luis Suarez broke into tears after Liverpool’s match against Crystal Palace which Liverpool drew after staying 3-0 up till the 79th minute. Liverpool’s title hopes were arguably dashed with that match and Suarez was inconsolable after that. It was left to captain Steven Gerrard to console the Uruguayan and escort him towards the tunnel.
Alan Pardew headbutt
Back in March and arguably the worst incident that has happened in the league so far. Newcastle’s under fire manager Alan Pardew headbutted Hull City player David Meyler when he attempted to take a quick throw in. The incidents following which looked very unprofessional as players and staffs from both the sides gathered in a fracas near the touch line. Pardew was sent off from the touchline and Meyler received a card.
Following the match, Newcastle fined £100,000 as a punishment for Pardew’s actions and the FA handed him a seven match touch line ban.