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Everton’s Roberto Martínez defends Ross Barkley against diving claims | Everton’s Roberto Martínez defends Ross Barkley against diving claims |
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Roberto Martínez said Ross Barkley is not a diver and claims the incident in which the Everton midfielder went to ground against West Ham “has been blown out of proportion”. | |
Asked whether he had spoken to Barkley about diving, the Everton manager said: “Not at all. I don’t think it [Saturday’s incident] was a dive as such. When you are a player like Ross Barkley and you are getting so many knocks and kicks during the game, the only thing he did was anticipate a tackle that didn’t arrive. He tried to get out of the way. I don’t think he looks for those sort of decisions. He wasn’t trying to buy a decision.” | Asked whether he had spoken to Barkley about diving, the Everton manager said: “Not at all. I don’t think it [Saturday’s incident] was a dive as such. When you are a player like Ross Barkley and you are getting so many knocks and kicks during the game, the only thing he did was anticipate a tackle that didn’t arrive. He tried to get out of the way. I don’t think he looks for those sort of decisions. He wasn’t trying to buy a decision.” |
Due to a hamstring problem, Steven Naismith is among several Everton players who have not travelled to Germany, including Leighton Baines (hamstring), Gareth Barry (ankle), Darron Gibson (knee) and Steven Pienaar (knee). | |
Everton provisional squad Howard, Robles, Griffiths, Distin, Jagielka, Coleman, Hibbert, Garbutt, Browning, Ledson, Besic, Barkley, McCarthy, Osman, McGeady, Mirallas, Atsu, Koné, Eto’o, Lukaku. | Everton provisional squad Howard, Robles, Griffiths, Distin, Jagielka, Coleman, Hibbert, Garbutt, Browning, Ledson, Besic, Barkley, McCarthy, Osman, McGeady, Mirallas, Atsu, Koné, Eto’o, Lukaku. |
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