Arsenal star broke bone in foot and ended his season celebrating objective vs Man Utd
If you are going to break a bone within the line of obligation, it is best to take action in type.
Ex-Arsenal talisman Robin van Persie did simply that when he broke a bone in his foot whereas celebrating a objective towards Manchester United in January 2007. And Sunday marks the seventeenth anniversary of the Dutchman’s demise – which made him miss all the second half of that season because of this.
His influence was that rather more important after future team-mate Wayne Rooney put United forward early within the second half. But Arsene Wenger‘s aspect would have the ultimate say after targets from Van Persie and Thierry Henry turned the sport on its head within the closing minutes.
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Much to Van Persie’s reduction contemplating he’d put his physique on the road in probably the most literal sense – albeit not for probably the most valiant trigger. For it wasn’t the scoring of his equaliser that broken his foot however slightly the festivities that adopted instantly after.
‘RVP’ stole in on the again publish to latch onto Tomas Rosicky’s cross and convert after Henry hit nothing however air together with his backheel try. And Van Persie, 40, let rip together with his feelings in a fist-pumping show as he wheeled in direction of the Gunners bench.
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The adrenaline meant he was ignorant to the very fact he’d fractured the fifth metatarsal in his proper foot on the time. The fact quickly grew to become obvious, nevertheless, and that ended up being his last contribution of the 2006/07 marketing campaign.
Van Persie – now teaching Feyenoord’s youth groups – nonetheless completed that season as Arsenal’s prime scorer with 13 targets in all competitions, another than every of Henry and Emmanuel Adebayor. He took over as Wenger’s major frontman following Henry’s transfer to Barcelona later that 12 months and finally excelled within the function, netting 99 occasions throughout his final 4 years in north London.
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As destiny would have it, he ended up shifting to Old Trafford in 2012, having scored 5 targets in 15 video games towards United total. But Van Persie proved way more prolific towards his outdated membership, bagging three targets in solely six outings reverse Arsenal.
