Everton FC defender Phil Jagielka describes the night he was robbed at knifepoint

EVERTON footballer Phil Jagielka has described the night when he was robbed at knife point as the most frightening experience of his life.Talking about the rise of Premier League footballers being targeted by thieves in a report on BBC radio last night, the defender also said he feared the situation could get out of control and someone could get seriously hurt or killed.Jagielka, who was supposed to be playing a cup game away at Hull City that night in September last year, was forced to miss the trip when injury kept him out of the game.But as he settled down with friends at his Knutsford home to watch another match on TV, and with his children sleeping upstairs, three men dressed in black and wearing balaclavas burst into his house.Jagielka said: 'I thought it was the missus coming home from her college course at first.'One threatened me with some kind of object while another went into the kitchen to get a couple of knives.'Although Jagielka was not hurt in the incident, the robbers took cash and jewellery and the England World Cup hopeful thinks burglars are now targeting houses where residents are at home.

Source: Liverpool_Echo