法布雷加斯：向弗格森道歉，扔披薩不是故意的
切爾西中場法布雷加斯終於承認，他曾向前曼聯主帥弗格森扔了披薩。
時鐘撥回到2004年10月24日，保持了49場比賽不敗的阿森納客場挑戰曼聯，卻在那場比賽中0-2失利。賽後兩隊在球員通道中發生衝突，而其中有一段傳奇故事，據說法布雷加斯向弗格森扔去了披薩餅。
前阿森納後衛阿什利-科爾在自傳中寫道：「所有眼睛都直瞪瞪地注視著披薩餅從那張著名的臉上滑落，掉到他那漂亮的黑西裝上。」
阿森納名宿馬丁-基翁——他已在那場比賽前的夏天離開阿森納加盟萊斯特城——在一段採訪中說：「據我所知，那是一個技術很好的西班牙人。即使是扔披薩他也有很好的技術，他扔披薩就像扔飛盤一樣。」
而現在，在參加一檔電視節目時，法布雷加斯確認他就是肇事者：「突然一瞬間，我聽到吵鬧聲，我想，發生了什麼？所以我拿著我的那塊披薩出去了，我看到了索爾-坎貝爾、費迪南德、馬丁-基翁，大家都在推來推去。
「我想加入進去，但我不知道怎麼辦，我就扔了披薩，Biu 的一下，我就把它扔掉了。當我看到擊中的人時，我不是故意的…我向弗格森道歉，真的不是故意這樣做的。」
小雷還問披薩擊中了弗格森哪裡，小法拍了拍自己的臉。
事件還原：那場比賽是著名的老特拉福德之戰的第二季。在2003/04賽季，兩隊在老特拉福德球場的比賽以雙方球員的激烈衝突而收場。當時曼聯球員范尼斯特魯伊在比賽中被侵犯，致使主裁罰下了阿森納隊長維埃拉，使得阿森納隊上下極為憤怒。而在比賽臨近結束時，范尼罰失了一個原本足以致勝的點球。比賽結束後，以馬丁-基翁為首的阿森納球員紛紛圍住范尼對後者大肆辱罵甚至以肢體衝撞，曼聯球員此時也紛紛前往為范尼助戰，場面一度失控。最終有四名阿森納球員付出了不同程度的禁賽及罰款的代價，而這場比賽日後又被媒體稱為「老特拉福德之戰」。
老特拉福德之戰第二季，兩隊在上半場均沒有進球，但拼搶十分激烈，當值主裁判萊利的判罰尺度不斷受到質疑。比賽的轉折點出現在下半場第72分鐘，當時曼聯前鋒魯尼在禁區內被索爾-坎貝爾侵犯，裁判隨即判罰了點球。一年前罰失點球的范尼頂住壓力罰進點球打破了僵局。在90分鐘時，19歲的魯尼接到阿蘭-史密斯傳球，將比分改寫為2-0，曼聯贏得了這場比賽的勝利，終結阿森納49場聯賽不敗紀錄。
弗格森在自傳中回憶：「終場哨響後，范尼抱怨溫格在他離場時指責他，我衝去對溫格說，你離我的球員遠點。他對輸球很生氣，這是他好戰態度的原因。你應該管好你自己的球員，我對他說。他臉色鐵青，緊握拳頭。我當時控制著自己，我知道的。
「之後我記得的就是身上全是披薩，每場比賽後我們都提供客隊食物，披薩、雞翅之類的。大多數俱樂部都這樣做，阿森納給的食物是最好的。他們說是法布雷加斯乾的，但那天我也不知道是誰幹的這事。那天的事件之後，我跟溫格之間就有了隔閡，這次情感上的傷痕直到2009年歐冠的半決賽後才完全癒合，溫格當時在賽後邀請我們去了他的辦公室，並且祝賀我們成功晉級決賽。」
阿什利-科爾還稱曼聯陣中有人叫到，你騙人！菲爾-內維爾則稱球員間以拳腳相脅。在弗格森被披薩擊中後，所有阿森納球員哈哈大笑。
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CESC FABREGAS CONFIRMS HE THREW PIZZA AT SIR ALEX FERGUSON DURING BATTLE OF THE BUFFET AMID ARSENAL AND MANCHESTER UNITED FRACAS
Cesc Fabregas has finally admitted he threw the pizza at then-Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson during the 'Battle of the Buffet'.
It is a tale that has entered footballing folklore. Arsenal travelled to Old Trafford on October 24, 2004 with a 49-match unbeaten run on their side. They went on to lose a tempestuous game 2-0.
Both sides clashed in the tunnel and, in a tale that had never been confirmed, Fabregas was understood to have thrown a pizza at Ferguson's face.
Ashley Cole wrote in his autobiography: 'All eyes turned and all mouths gawped to see this pizza slip off that famous puce face and roll down his nice black suit.'
Ferguson also previously said: 'They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit is.'
Martin Keown, who had left Arsenal for Leicester in the summer before the match, hinted at the assailant, commented to Sportsmail in 2014: 'From what I understand, it was a Spanish fella with great technique. Even when it came to the pizza he had great technique. He threw it like a Frisbee.'
And now, while making an appearance on A League of Their Own, the Spanish Chelsea midfielder has confirmed he was the culprit.
On the upcoming episode, host James Corden asks Fabregas: 'Tonight, can we finally put the case of the flying pizza to bed once and for all? Were you the culprit that thew the pizza?'
The 30-year-old immediately replied, 'yes!', before going into the story - although his mind was probably playing tricks on him regarding Keown: 'Martin Keown is a liar because I saw him in front of me just, like, punching people so he didn't see anything.
'All of a sudden, I heard noises and I thought what's happening? So I go out with my slice of pizza and I saw Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown... everyone pushing each other.
'I was like I want to get in but I don't know how to and I threw... peeew... just threw it. Once I saw it was hitting, like, who it was hitting, which I didn't mean…'
Fabregas then turns to the camera on the show and adds: 'I apologise Sir Alex, really didn't mean to do that'.
When asked by Jamie Redknapp where the pizza hit Ferguson, Fabregas then taps the side of his own face.
The game itself was tense as it came a year after the famed Battle of Old Trafford. In that previous encounter, Ruud van Nistelrooy missed a penalty before being aggressively surrounded by Arsenal players, who had kept their dream of an undefeated season alive.
During the match two United players could have been sent off. Van Nistelrooy raked his studs on Cole's ankle before Rio Ferdinand could have been dismissed for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.
The tension only built after Wayne Rooney was felled in the Arsenal box and referee Mike Riley awarded a penalty, which Van Nistelrooy put away.
A 19-year-old Rooney then sealed the points with a close range strike late on.
The two managers ended up in a huge confrontation after Wenger angrily spoke to Van Nistelrooy at the final whistle.
Soon the players became involved. Cole says some shouted 'you cheats' at the United squad. Phil Neville remembers 'handbags' between the two sides.
Suddenly, Ferguson had pizza thrown at him. United had provided the away dressing room with food. Cole recalls escaping to the dressing room and everyone on the Arsenal side laughing at the incident.
Fabregas's admission has revealed the truth behind this famous incident, one that has had as much speculation surrounding it as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness monster.
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