Don't let the fact it is very common and newspaper worthy to think that Arsenal/their players/fans blanket hate certain types of football so therefore they hate England.
Or that words can be twisted out of what they say to fit this supposed hatred. Even of course when Cesc is actually ruing a bit of bad luck that lost us the game or that this very thread is about how respectful he is of his opponents.. It's not like a top player or a top side has ever rued a team which has parked the bus (absolutely fine), or disrupted our play fairly (absolutely fine).
I'm sorry, but that's bull****.
The Gunners captain said: ‘I don’t know if it is long ball or it is a rugby kick, but it worked for them.
‘In England, a lot of teams play like that and it works for them. They create chances like that and it is their football. We just have to put the ball on the floor and try to play football, that is what we do.
‘Credit to them because they played well, but Arsenal made the football. The other team refused to play (and) they were lucky to score with a long ball.
‘I can only remember two opportunities for them, but it was from a long, long ball because playing football they could not really get behind us or attack. It is a bit disappointing because I think we were the much better team.’
The first paragraph is just a cheap shot.
The second is just the usual sanctimonious Arsenal rubbish, the 'we are the saviours of football, how dare anyone stop us'.
The third is the most snide of the lot, saying congratulations for playing well but then saying they were lucky when most neutral observers and some Arsenal fans (as above) thought Ipswich were by far the better team. That wasn't just from long balls.
The fourth is just deluded.