Source: SKY_Sports
Chopra hits back at jibe
Cardiff City's on-loan striker Michael Chopra has hit back at suggestions he did not want to score against former club Newcastle.[LNB] The ex-Magpie marksman had a late chance to score the winner in the Tyne-Wear derby recently, but opted to try and pick out strike partner Kenwyne Jones.[LNB]The poor play in the final third cost Chopra his Black Cats place as he was loaned back to Cardiff after, with David Healy being promoted to the bench.[LNB]Chopra admits he made the wrong option in not shooting, but insists his decision-making had nothing to do with the fact that Sunderland were playing Newcastle.[LNB]No point to prove"I haven't got a point to prove to anybody," he told the South Wales Echo. "I have read a lot about the Newcastle game and comments by a certain Gary Rowell. [LNB]"He knocked me for not shooting, and at the end of the day, I took a wrong option. You can't win. [LNB]"But in a previous game, the same thing happened and we scored, so the guy should shut his month because he doesn't know what he's talking about. [LNB]"Last season, my six goals earned Sunderland 13 points, so his point really doesn't hold any water. It's absolutely nonsense to suggest that I didn't want to shoot against Newcastle. [LNB]"I made my mind up early and that was it. On another day, I might have hit the ball first time and scored; I might have missed and people would have said I should have squared the ball."[LNB]
