Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has called out some contenders who he loved to challenge.
Among them, the one club that came up strongly was Arsenal – calling them a team of “babies”.
“Arsenal… I remember when van Persie came,” Evra told the UTD Podcast. “He said: ‘Come on Patrice, come on, you have to motivate everyone, it’s an important game.’
“I was like, ‘Robin, don’t worry, those are my kids – we’re going to win easy’ and we won!”
Evra added: “You remember, I think it was after the Champions League, I made that comment when we won 3-1 at the Emirates [in 2009].
“We scored that great goal in counter-attack with Ji-sung Park, Rooney and Ronaldo, and the French journalists after the game were really like: ‘Oh, the result doesn’t reflect the philosophy of the game.’
“I was like: ‘Are you serious? I just feel like today was 11 men and against 11 babies.’ After that it was in the paper. ‘Patrice is calling Arsenal babies!’
“But it’s just the feeling… I respect so much this club, but it was just my feeling when I played against them – I know I’m going to win.
“I’ll be honest with you, I played against this player, and after 34 minutes they were asking: ‘Patrice, can we swap shirts at half-time?’ So I was like: I’ve already won the game.”
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