Stoke manager Tony Pulis has hit back at Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's remarks that his players deliberately set out to injure their opponents.
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Stoke manager Tony Pulis
Tony Pulisclaims Arsene Wenger is guilty of a U-turn after initially
accepting defeat graciously in the immediate aftermath of a match in
which Gunners striker Robin van Persie was the only man to be sent off.
"In Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday evening, Mr Arsene talked openly about Arsenal's encounter with Stoke as being a 'typical English encounter',"
Pulis told he club's official website.
"In London 48 hours later and
150 miles away from Stoke-on-Trent, Mr Wenger changed tack and has
tried to rewrite history."
Pulis added:
"He commended my team's organisation, my team's commitment and
confessed that on the day Stoke City thoroughly deserved to win the
game. Very open and very honest.
"They were free-kicks, but Rory would never purposely go out to injure
a fellow professional, it's just not in Rory's nature. Further, as I
recall the game, Emmanuel Adebayor was booked for a chest-high
challenge on Ryan Shawcross."
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