Robin denies Gallas friction

Gunners striker insists defender was not referring to him

By James Dall   Last updated: 2nd December 2008

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Van Persie: No problem with Gallas

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Arsenal striker Robin van Persie does not believe William Gallas was referring to him in his recent criticism of the side.

Gallas' outburst last month saw him relieved of his duty as Gunners captain, while he singled out a player 'six years younger' than him.

It was suggested that 25-year-old Van Persie was the team-mate in question but the Dutchman insists there is no problem between the duo.

"Are you suggesting that William was talking about me?" Van Persie said.

"I don't know that, because he never told me anything and I didn't see my name in the papers, so I never felt that he was speaking about me. For me, there isn't a problem."

Adebayor

Meanwhile, striker Emmanuel Adebayor has admitted the team must address their inconsistency against the so-called smaller sides.

The Gunners have endured a mixed season, with wins over Manchester United and Chelsea, but losses against the likes of Stoke City and Hull City.

Adebayor said in The Times: "Sometimes maybe you have a little bit more concentration against a big team, that's one of the things that we're going to work on very hard.

Consistency

"Those are the things we're going to discuss a little bit in the dressing-room in the days ahead and see what we can do now against the lower teams.

"One or two days were not very good, but everyone can see that we keep the title dreams alive and the most important thing is to keep going.

"I think even if we had lost (to Chelsea), we would never say the title race is finished for us. We want to keep going to the end of the season. We know we have a good team, a good squad and everyone is ready for it."