Marcelo did the right thing to draw a line under episode

MARCELO BIELSA did the right thing in letting Aston Villa equalise. He went a long way to making amends for his part in ‘Spygate’ with this gesture. I was at Arsenal in 1999 when we scored the winner in an FA Cup tie against Sheffield United in similar circumstances. United put the ball out for an injury, but instead of returning possession, Kanu collected the resulting throw and crossed for Marc Overmars to score. Arsene Wenger offered for the match to be replayed, and that was the right call. Imagine if we had got to the final. We’d have had that incident hanging around our necks for the rest of the season. Leeds and Aston Villa could yet meet in the play-offs. Bielsa was wise to draw a line under this now.