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Arsenal: Tony Pulis reaping the karma of past wrongs
By Josh Sippie
Arsenal beat West Brom fair and square, but Tony Pulis is not one to let that be, accusing his opponents of cheating. How does karma feel?
It’s always charming when opposing managers refuse to accept the result of a match and go on a spree of spouting off against their opponents or refs or any number of things. Tony Pulis is not happy that his West Brom side lost to Arsenal. So unhappy, in fact, that he has accused Alexis Sanchez of cheating.
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Take it away, Tony (as quoted by SkySports):
"The disappointing thing is Sanchez falls for the first free kick, that’s cheating. Jay is very honest and does not get rewarded. Everyone saw what happened. Sanchez actually dives for the first free kick and he should be booked for diving. Then you see the tackle in the box. The referee had a great view. Everyone has seen it and can make their minds up. It’s not only a foul but the player can be sent off as well. It can be a penalty and playing against 10 men but let’s forget about the referee."
The only point that Pulis had was that Jay Rodriguez should have earned a penalty.
Yet, even still, I have no pity there either. Arsenal has seen plenty of clear penalties not be given to them. Even more clear than this one.
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Speaking of no pity, there will never be any pity for Tony Pulis from me. I will forever blame him for the demise of Serge Gnabry.
The young German had just returned from a massive injury and was sent to West Brom to recuperate. Pulis saw fit to drop Gnabry after just 12 minutes into the Baggies’ reserves, where the German rotted.
Meanwhile, the senior West Brom side was failing to score goals left and right, yet it was Gnabry who couldn’t help them.
I don’t need to go into the rest of the story, needless to say Gnabry returned mid-season, a bit jaded by the horrific loan, and was gone that summer, despite Arsene Wenger claiming to have done all he could to keep him.
It all started with Tony Pulis.
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So gripe away, Tony. At the end of the day, you lost and there just isn’t anything you can do about it. We will call it one notch closer towards repaying you for ruining Serge Gnabry.