Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Eduardo has moved on - so why this obsession over whether Taylor said sorry to the Arse
Eduardo has spent the best part of the last year recovering from a sickening injury.[LNB]The Arsenal [LNB]striker has spent month upon month working in the gym and through monotonous strengthening exercises to make impressive comebacks for club and country.[LNB]Yet after completing a remarkable return from a broken fibula and dislocated ankle some people want to split hairs over whether the guy who injured him has apologised directly.[LNB] I'm back: Eduardo celebrates scoring against Cardiff in the FA Cup on Monday night[LNB] More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Plastic pitches and reserve teams: Don't Villa and Spurs just love the UEFA Cup experience?[LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Happy, injury-free and motivated - childish Drogba forgets to complain and hobble now Guus rules the Stamford Bridge roost [LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Toure, late for the game, late to ditch moneybags City, late to pledge loyalty to the Gunners - what a loyal club man he is[LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Cut out the mock shock Rafa - you're no naive victim in the Liverpool contract battle[LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: There's nothing special about Mourinho any more - Inter looked second-rate against United[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Memo to Martin O'Neill - You're either a poor manager or Aston Villa are a poor side[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Torres is no toro, he's a whippet so bully-boy Pepe's threat to snuff out the 'big powerful' Liverpool man is Real-ly stupid[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Carling Cup Final boost for Spurs as worse Brazilian keeper than Gomes unearthed in Spain[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Unprofessional Toure should be told: This is the Champions League, not the Sunday League[LNB]25/02/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE[LNB] That is just not the point. Eduardo is fit and healthy and returning to the game at the level he was at before.[LNB]Even if he is quoted as saying Birmingham defender Taylor has not said sorry to his face, the striker would never have got this far if he had become bitter and twisted about that.[LNB]There is no getting around the fact that tackle which injured him was nasty and, obviously, dangerous.[LNB]But Taylor insists it was without malice and the list of the things the defender has done to show how much he cared about Eduardo's recovery is long.[LNB]Visiting Eduardo in hospital twice, trying to see him in the dressing room and keeping in touch with his recovery through Arsenal proves he is sorry about the injury the Brazil-born Croat suffered.[LNB]No one is saying the Arsenal player needs to forgive him, or even shake his hand, but that is not the real issue.[LNB]Eduardo proved this week that he has moved on where it counts and so should everybody else.[LNB] Two sides of the story: Taylor says he went to see Eduardo, the Arsenal man insists he's not been in touch since THAT tackle[LNB]I'm so relieved he's back: Martin Taylor on that tackle, death threats and his joy at Eduardo's spectacular return[LNB]Wilkinson, Ali, Larsson, Harris, Capriati - Sportsmail salutes the comeback kings (and queens)[LNB]ARSENAL FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
