Source: Daily_Mail
Wenger comments on controversy - what they said about la Main de Dieu
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed Thierry Henry should have owned up to his handball cheat shame - but admits the the pressure of getting France to the World Cup was the reason his former captain did not own up.[LNB]Go on - go and say sorry: Arsene Wenger wants Thierry Henry to do the decent thing[LNB]Wenger, who went to the dressing room to urge his prot? toapologise, said: 'One should (own up), but one doesn't, we know, withthe pressure and what's at stake.[LNB]'We qualified by the back doorlike Portugal. Our qualification resembled that of Portugal. A badstart, a lack of confidence and we got through with a very uncomfortable feeling.[LNB]'The goal we scored was hard to swallow if you were in the oppositecamp. We would have preferred to qualify in a different manner. All the stadium has seen the handball, but thereferee hasn't.[LNB]'This isn't the French way and footballshould learn from this. I have spoken to Titi after the game and he knows it was not correct but it is up to the referee also to stop the play.[LNB]'Inthe end we qualified because of a referee's mistake, the strength of awrist and also the clumsiness of the Irish in front of their goal.'[LNB]Here's what others have said about Henrygate[LNB]'There was nothing glorious about this qualification. The Irish were brilliant. Over the two matches, they deserved to go to the World Cup.'[LNB]Emmanuel Petit[LNB][LNB]'Thierry Henry... more Hans than a German phonebook[LNB]Irish comic Patrick Kielty Tweets through the pain[LNB][The deafening sound of silence - with a tumbleweed blowing in the background][LNB]The response of Michel Platini (the outspoken Frenchman who's in charge of European football)[LNB][LNB]'We condemn and challenge statements by coach Raymond Domenech andsome of his players saying the main thing in sport is to win.'[LNB]France's teachers union is not impressed with their students' so-called role models[LNB]'We're going to go the World Cup, but we go to the locker-room with our heads bowed. It was not something to be proud of. I'm not going to party.'[LNB]Bixente Lizarazu is not a happy chappy[LNB] Play it again! As the football world turns on cheat Thierry Henry, furious Irish demand World Cup rematchHow idol Thierry Henry became a pariah: From pin-up to a figure of ridicule across the worldMARTIN SAMUEL: It's so simple, let's force some honesty back into the gameThierry Henry is no longer a national hero in France - the cheat should hang his head[LNB] Explore more:People:Thierry Henry, Raymond Domenech, Arsene WengerPlaces:France, Portugal
