Arsenal legend, William Gallas has reacted to claims that Chelsea ’embarrassed’ themselves by celebrating their Club World Cup victory.
Forml Chelsea star, Craig Burley claimed that it was too embarrassing to see the ‘plastic club’ like he tagged them, rejoicing over their victory while Manchester City were busy stretching their lead at the top of the Premier League table while the Blues were were not embarrassed to
Thomas Tuchel’s citizens defeated Palmeiras in the Club World Cup final last weekend to complete a full set of titles since 2003 when Roman Abramovich took over.
Meanwhile, the leaders, Pep Guardiola’s side are now 16 points above the third-placed Chelsea.
However, the French former player, Gallas hit back at Burley when he said he was dumbfounded by the criticism.
The 44-year-old added that the players deserved to celebrate their successful efforts.
Gallas revealed this amidst speaking with Metro.co.uk on behalf of Bet365.
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Gallas said: “It’s another trophy to add to their honours. I think comments like this come from people who haven’t played the game. ‘If you play in any cup competition like the F.A Cup, League Cup, Club World Cup.”
“The players are all working so hard to get to the final and win, you want to celebrate the victory properly, as it’s never easy to win a cup competition, no matter what it is and who the competition are.”
“The commitment required deserves the celebration and releases all the pressure built up over each match. Congratulations to Chelsea on their success.”
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