"It wasn't the players. When you warm up, we have our half and the other team have their half. I've never asked my team or coaches to encroach on the other team's territory. I thought they were affecting our warm up. I asked them, maybe not politely, to move away. I'm not here to have mind games. There are certain etiquettes in football."
"Rosenior is relatively inexperienced at the highest level of management, even if he did an impressive job at Strasbourg before landing the role of replacing Enzo Maresca at Chelsea. The 41-year-old might learn from this and decide it's not the best way to try to manage the media, but it could also turn out to be clever mind games. Overall, however, the reaction seems mostly to be pretty negative for the time being."
Jay Bothroyd defended Arsenal, stating players warming up and occasionally moving into opponents' half happens frequently and did not constitute disrespect. Liam Rosenior said Arsenal players affected Chelsea's warm-up, claiming he asked them to move away and citing football etiquette and respect for his team. Rosenior said he was not seeking mind games and insisted he had no issue with anyone at Arsenal. Rosenior's managerial experience at the highest club level is relatively limited despite success at Strasbourg, and reactions to his public comments were mixed, with some viewing them as ill-judged and others suggesting possible media strategy.
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