Chelsea slump affected my sleep
DISGRACED EVRA DOES A ‘ CANTONA’ TO FAN
PATRICE EVRA was sent off before Marseille’s Europa League tie against Vitoria de Guimaraes for kicking one of his own fans.
Amid extraordinary scenes during the warm- up in Portugal last night, the former Manchester United defender let fl y after becoming involved with his own supporters behind the goal.
It is the fi rst time in the history of the Europa League that a player has been sent off before a match as Evra revived memories of Eric Cantona’s infamous kung- fu kick at a Crystal Palace fan in 1995. SHOCKER: Evra kicks out at one of his own fans in Portugal last night CESC FABREGAS has admitted he is still haunted by Chelsea’s previous implosion, let alone being able to explain their current crisis.
The runaway champions of last season are already nine points adrift of Manchester City and Tuesday’s 3- 0 embarrassment against Roma was their third defeat in seven games.
Heading into Sunday’s showdown with Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United, parallels are already being drawn with the capitulation that led to the sacking two seasons ago of the Special One six months after winning the title.
And Fabregas, one of the main targets for the fans’ frustration, is still at pains to work out what went wrong that time.
“I still wonder myself because it was such a shame,” he said.
“You go to bed sometimes and you think of many things and sometimes you cannot sleep.
“Still sometimes it bothers me because I could look from the outside as a fan and think, ‘ These guys are not even trying’. But we just forgot to play football.
“You felt that those six months we were nowhere close to what we really were just a few months before. But it happened and I felt bad