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FA to study footage as Arsenal players turn on each other

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23rd January, 2008
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The English FA could take disciplinary action against Arsenal team-mates Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner after their bust-up during their 5-1 defeat at arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

The FA have requested TV footage of the incident that occurred seven minutes before the end of yesterday’s League Cup semi-final second leg defeat when Spurs were leading 4-1.

An FA spokesman confirmed they had requested television footage of the incident as a routine step in such cases.

“The referee can look at the incident and decide what action he would have taken if he had seen it,” he told Reuters.

Arsenal skipper William Gallas had to pull the two players apart as Spurs stormed to their first victory over Arsenal for 22 matches in just over eight years.

The 5-1 win gave Spurs a 6-2 aggregate victory and means they will face either holders Chelsea or Everton in next month’s final at Wembley.

They meet in the second leg of their semi-final later today.

Referee Howard Webb also spoke to the two players after Adebayor struck out at Bendtner who did not retaliate after being restrained by colleagues Backary Sagna and Eduardo da Silva.

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Gallas, who also intervened, said: “They know they have made a mistake and they will have to explain to the boss why they did that. I think everyone was disappointed with the score. They are both young, were nervous and lost their calm.”

Bendtner also became involved in a face-to-face confrontation with Gallas, but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he did not see the incident which marred an already awful night for Arsenal who had not lost to Spurs since November 1999.

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