Robin van Persie brand Chelsea a team of moaners
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Arsenal's Robin van Persie blasts whining Chelsea and Barcelona
Bothersome: Robin van Perise says Chelsea's constant bleating leaves a bitter taste
Arsenal striker Robin van Persie last night spiced up the title race by branding Chelsea a team of moaners who spend too much time complaining to referees.
Van Persie, whose side are four points ahead of Carlo Ancelotti’s team in the fight to win the Barclays Premier League, labelled such behaviour ‘b****y annoying’ and ‘unsporting’.
The Holland forward, 27, who was sent off as Arsenal went out of the Champions League against Barcelona earlier this month, also laid into the Spanish champions for excessive moaning.
As he prepared for Holland’s Euro 2012 qualifier in Hungary on Friday night, Van Persie said: ‘Barcelona's players have the habit of whingeing about every- thing, and that is disappointing. In England, Chelsea’s players behave in the same way.
‘Barca are a great team, but they shouldn’t overdo the moaning as they become b****y annoying. They dispute every decision, with five players confronting the referee. I like their style of play, but find them unsporting as well.
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‘They behaved like this in their two games against Arsenal. It was not so clever and rather unsportsmanlike.’
Despite calling Barca the best team in the world, Van Persie did give encouragement to the three English teams left in the Champions League, adding: ‘I rate them more highly than the Spanish national side, but they can be beaten. I felt in no way inferior to their players.’