{"id":290317,"date":"2023-09-28T08:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T08:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290317"},"modified":"2023-09-28T08:50:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T08:50:01","slug":"sutton-locked-himself-in-toilet-to-escape-keowns-wrath-as-hell-broke-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/sutton-locked-himself-in-toilet-to-escape-keowns-wrath-as-hell-broke-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutton locked himself in toilet to escape Keown’s wrath as ‘hell broke loose’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Chris Sutton once locked himself in the Highbury toilets to avoid Martin Keown\u2019s wrath.<\/p>\n

    Blackburn Rovers took on Arsenal in north London towards the end of the 1996\/97 campaign in a must-win game for the Gunners. With Blackburn 1-0 down, striker Sutton and his team-mates opted for the unsportsmanlike tactic of not giving Arsenal the ball back after they had kicked it out of play for an injury.<\/p>\n

    Sutton instead put pressure on left-back Nigel Winterburn, forcing a corner which the visitors were able to score from and clinch a 1-1 draw against Arsene Wenger\u2019s side. Unsurprisingly, that didn\u2019t go down well with some of the Arsenal players, including centre-back Martin Keown, who furiously pursued Sutton after the final whistle.<\/p>\n

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    Recalling the incident, Sutton told FourFourTwo: \u201cBlackburn were struggling in the league that season and were losing 1-0 going into the 90th minute. Back in those days, if an opponent kicked the ball out for an injury you would give it back to them.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBut Patrick Vieira was just sitting down on the pitch and when they kicked the ball out we thought \u2018They\u2019re time-wasting here.\u2019 I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m trying to make a case for myself. When we gave them the ball back we said \u2018Send it over Nigel Winterburn\u2019s head and then we\u2019ll chase it.\u2019<\/p>\n

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