Cesc Fabregas says sorry to Arsenal fans for Porto defeat using plane's PA system

19 February 2010 08:57
A dire defensive display - especially from stand-in goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski - contributed to a 2-1 defeat by Porto that leaves Arsenal facing an uphill task in the return leg at the Emirates Stadium.[LNB]In his post-match interviews, Fabregas said: "The goals were schoolboy goals to give away. When you let in goals like that, I'm sorry, you cannot go anywhere. What can you do?[LNB] Related ArticlesManuel Almunia set to play through painGallagher: Porto goal was strangeArsenal v Sunderland: previewArsene Wenger 'convinced' of progressWenger finds his own medicine hard to swallowSport on television"Sometimes we make mistakes which, at the top level, you pay for. It happened against Chelsea and Manchester United, now again in Porto, so I think we have to try to find the solution to these problems because it is costing us many, many things. [LNB]"The other top teams do not make these mistakes as often as we do. We can only change it by working and training I guess." [LNB]However, the Spaniard still felt the need to apologise directly to the club's fans who had paid hundreds of pounds to make the trip to the Estadio do Dragao.[LNB]According to the Independent, Fabregas was handed access to the PA system, and said: "I want to apologise for losing the game," prompting a round of applause from the Arsenal supporters on board.[LNB][LNB][LNB]

Source: Telegraph