Manchester City’s Kolo Toure vs Adebayor Explosion: How It Happened
On Tuesday, bad news broke out from Manchester City’s camp to stain Eastlands' Sky Blues atmosphere whereas Arsenal fans subsequently started taunting the dignity of their team’s upcoming opponents in the English Premier League. It was reported that Toure and Adebayor, both former Arsenal pals, got involved in a physical fight which could only be stopped when other Manchester City mates separated the angry duo.
The training ground clash between the two players actually took place around lunch time, toward the end of the Sky Blues’ preparations for Wednesday night’s Arsenal vs Manchester City battle. Not a very positive sign ahead of the game, I suppose...
Manchester City’s Kolo Toure vs Adebayor Explosion: Not Serious. Really?
Pictures of the Kolo Toure vs Adebayor bust-up instantly became a hot topic on the internet as officials from Manchester City subsequently had to insist that there is nothing so serious about the incident. But how many people will believe this sort of declarations from the Sky Blue’s camp? Well, the voices of football fans in England and around the world may answer best this simple – though perhaps embarrassing – question.
Rumours tell that there are so many quarrels between players at Manchester City – the place where money flows like rain pours from the sky. A few months ago, in fact, Aston Villa’s Stephen Ireland had hinted at such situations within his former club. The midfielder revealed in disgust during a controversial speech how money had created an atmosphere of selfishness, hatred and conceit at Man City. The billionaires decided to over-look Ireland’s comments, but since you cannot hide a lamp under a pillow it now seems like there’s at least a bit of truth in the player’s judgement of the Mancunian club.
Fact: The Kolo Toure vs Emmanuel Adebayor bust-up isn’t the first incident of this kind that has happened at Eastlands this season. Last month, in December precisely, reports claimed that Manchester City’s troublesome Mario Balotelli and Jerome Boateng confronted each other. Besides all that, one more thing which cannot be hidden is the strange relationship between Carlos Tevez and Coach Roberto Mancini. To confirm this last fact, no-one will need to be remembered of the many clashes that have occurred between this pair even in public.
As Manchester United’s local rivals are trying to build a star-studded squad, they also have to face the worry of controlling indiscipline among very different players – many of which have been accused by football fans for being “paper-chasers” instead of “open-minded players” determined to help Manchester City during their revolution phase through genuine commitment and love for the team’s colours.
Manchester City’s Kolo Toure vs Adebayor Explosion: Why Did It Happen?
Indeed, there is much job to do for Manchester City to achieve their goals. Time and times again, the Sky Blues have been ridiculed by Manchester United’s living legend Sir Alex Ferguson.
Man City are (by a host of Europe's elite teams and their supporters) believed to be a club “without history and reasonable philosophy” as well as obsessed by success despite having a “brainless spirit” that would eventually never see them achieve global recognition in football.
However, regardless of the opinion of anti-Manchester City people, the Sky Blues claim to be focused on bringing their own vision to life. This is something that key player Kolo Toure is set to do and according to SunSport, this ambition is the main reason behind Tuesday’s training ground fight against Emmanuel Adebayor.
Does anyone remember Toure’s comments ahead of Manchester City’s game away to Fulham back in November? The Ivorian had gone public as he asked some of his team mates to work at Eastlands instead of complaining every time. But, to which players in particular was this message sent out? ‘Me’, Emmanuel Adebayor eventually thought. Whether his assumption was true or false, Sunsport claim that the relationship between the two ex-Arsenal players deteriorated from that moment.
Kolo Toure And Emmanuel Adebayor – From Manchester City Players To Kick
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Then all exploded on Tuesday. The fire burning between Toure and Adebayor was simply too hot to remain in the pot. As the training session was nearing its completion, both lads took part in a series of questionable tackles against each other before Ade finally caught Toure from behind in a foul. What happened next? The fight!
Like WWF athletes, Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor wrestled on the ground. That was violence taking over their professional attitude as ambassadors of football – the Beautiful Game. Curious people may want to ask – almost naively – the question, ‘who won?’
There will be no answer to such interrogation, evidently. Seeing the fight between Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor, the rest of Manchester City’s players hurried to the scene to stop it. James Milner grabbed the Ivorian star while four other players concentrated on pulling the Togolese away.
After that, no peace treaty; the two men were not in the mood to do that despite receiving orders from Man City coach Roberto Mancini. But hours have gone by now and Kolo Toure’s spirit has apparently cooled down... in a way or another.
Arsenal vs Manchester City And EPL Battle Are Important, So Forget About Emotions
Why on earth would Manchester City bring curse upon the club’s aspirations this season by letting inner troubles get all over them? Kolo Toure is resolute to achieve success with his team in 2011 and he now has his mind focused on Wednesday night’s super clash at the Emirates – Arsenal vs Manchester City. The Sun quoted the defender as saying, concerning his fight against Adebayor:
“It was a bust-up, because of a hard tackle. We both lost it, but it was quickly calmed down. Other players and the manager came to separate us. It is already forgotten.”
Really? It has perhaps been forgotten for the sake of Manchester City’s campaign and targets, but in truth, there is still resentment between Adebayor and Kolo Toure as the Ivorian star revealed:
“In any case, with Adebayor, it isn’t the first time and it will not be the last. At Arsenal, we often had a similar set-to.
“We know each other very well, maybe... too well. In any case, that proves that we have energy to burn. It’s not that negative.”
Should Arsenal fear Kolo Toure’s last statement? Well, without Emmanuel Adebayor (who spent more time making harsh tackles than training anyway) in the squad for the Arsenal vs Manchester City match, the Sky Blues may have enough energy to explode the Emirates.
