You think (Danny) Welbeck or Tom Cleverly or Nani are going to storm off the pitch and throw their dummy out? It's disrespectful to your teammates as well. It's a young team. Who are the experienced players who are going to go in there and say, Woah, we don't accept that here. And I understand his thinking but at the same time, I don't understand why you are doing that.
That's where the manager comes in. I think the manager protecting him is mad. And that's why I couldn't be in there [as a manager] because I couldn't come out and play the game where you say, Yeah he was in the wrong but [he's a good kid]. Fined, that's a two-week fine.
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