The infamous incident happened after a Premier League clash between Arsenal and Manchester United in October 2004, a match which came to be known as the Battle of the Buffet.
Cesc Fabregas has had the final word on the infamous Pizzagate. It took the Spaniard 13 long years, but he has admitted once and for all that it was him who threw a slice of pizza into the face of Sir Alex Feguson. The incident happened after a Premier League clash between Arsenal and Manchester United in October 2004, a match which came to be known as the Battle of the Buffet.
A tunnel brawl between Arsenal and United players at Old Trafford followed a controversial 2-0 win for the hosts, which ended the Gunners' historic 49-match unbeaten run, Wayne Rooney having been awarded a contentious penalty. Players from both sides were scrapping after the match before Ferguson was left with pizza all over him after a member of the away dressing room threw it in his direction.
Fabregas, who currently plays for Chelsea, has finally admitted his guilt. Asked to confirm he threw the pizza on Sky's 'A League of Their Own', Fabregas said: "Yes!
"Martin Keown is a liar because I saw him in front of me just, like, punching people so he didn't see anything. All of a sudden, I heard noises and I thought what's happening? So I go out with my slice of pizza and I saw Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, Martin Keown - everyone pushing each other.
"I was like I want to get in but I don't know how to and I threw – peeew - just threw it. Once I saw it was hitting, like, who it was hitting, which I didn't mean… I apologise Sir Alex, I really didn't mean to do that!"
Fabregas then gestured to confirm the pizza had hit Ferguson on the side of his face. The 30-year-old, however, said that it all happened by mistake and he regretted it deeply.
Ferguson himself had written about the incident in his autobiography. After detailing a head-to-head confrontation with Arsene Wenger, he wrote: "The next thing I knew I had pizza all over me. We put food into the away dressing room after every game. Pizza, chicken. Most clubs do it. Arsenal's food was the best. They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was."
Well, he has his answer now!
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