"Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is sure that Gabriel Martinelli did not mean to do anything bad to injured Liverpool right-back Conor Bradley. The Spanish tactician spoke to Sky Sports after the game between Arsenal and Liverpool, which finished 0-0 at the Emirates Stadium and which ended with something of a fracas between both sets of players. Martinelli has been widely criticised for trying to push Bradley off the pitch while he was seriously injured, with the Reds defender ending up going off on a stretcher."
"The Brazil international seemed to really lose his head as he felt Bradley was time-wasting even though he clearly had a bad problem that meant he couldn't carry on playing. Gabriel Martinelli warming up for Arsenal (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images) Mikel Arteta on Gabriel Martinelli incident with Conor Bradley Watch below as Arteta insists Martinelli must not have known how bad the injury was, as he can't imagine his player intending to cause any further harm to a fellow professional ??"
"Because knowing Gabi there's zero intention. I don't know what happened to Conor but hopefully it's not bad. But obviously there is no intention from Gabi to do anything bad to him. Also speaking on Sky's coverage of the game, pundits Daniel Sturridge and Roy Keane were hugely unimpressed with Martinelli's behaviour. Watch below as Sturridge described it as worse than disrespectful, while Keane thought it was clear that faking an injury is not the kind of thing Bradley would do"
Mikel Arteta defended Gabriel Martinelli after Martinelli pushed injured Liverpool right-back Conor Bradley during a match that finished 0-0 at the Emirates. Conor Bradley required a stretcher after appearing seriously injured following the incident. Arteta stated there was no intention to harm and suggested Martinelli may not have known how severe the injury was. Martinelli reacted after believing Bradley was time-wasting despite the defender’s clear problem. The match ended with a fracas between players. Pundits Daniel Sturridge and Roy Keane criticized Martinelli’s behaviour, with Sturridge calling it worse than disrespectful and Keane rejecting the idea Bradley would fake an injury.
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