Arsenal are back.
Back in October 2017, Watford beat Arsenal 2-1 after coming back from going a goal behind. Watford’s Troy Deeney scored a controversial penalty in the game, and after the match he notoriously questioned whether Arsene Wenger’s side still had the “cojones” to win games.
I’ve heard Wenger’s already blaming [the penalty decision] as the reason why they lost. I’m not going to be the one to tell Mr Wenger about himself, but there’s a reason why they lost and it wasn’t because of one penalty. I’ll have to watch what I say. It’s [having] a bit of cojones, a bit of nuts.
How things change. On Sunday, Arsenal thoroughly smashed Watford 3-0 at the Emirates. And Deeney even had a penalty saved by Petr Cech (his first ever penalty save for Arsenal, coincidently).
Obviously, Arsenal fans were loving it, both in the ground and on social media. But one of the Arsenal players also saw the chance to rub salt in the wound.
Héctor Bellerín tweeted this post-match interview from October’s game.
Looks like you couldn't see today either @T_Deeney 😂 https://t.co/GdTixJBdzx
— Héctor Bellerín (@HectorBellerin) March 11, 2018
Here is the original clip:
🎙 @DesKellyBTS: "Hector Bellerin is sure it wasn't a foul…"
Deeney: "He had his long hair in the way, he couldn't see what he's doing." pic.twitter.com/oVYmqStLpC
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 14, 2017
BT Sport: Hector Bellerin is sure it wasn’t a foul…
Deeney: He had his long hair in the way, he couldn’t see what he’s doing.
Let that be a lesson to you, Troy – big statements like that can come back to bite you in the backside….
