Pedro Neto has apologised for pushing over a ball boy throughout Chelsea’s 5-2 defeat by Paris St‑Germain within the Champions League.
The 26-year-old pushed the younger ball boy in stoppage time of the last-16 first-leg tie, inflicting him to fall on to a chair and sparking a mass altercation between each groups at Parc des Princes on Wednesday night time.
Requested concerning the incident on TNT Sports activities after the sport, Neto mentioned: “I need to apologise to the ball boy. I’ve already spoken to him.
“We have been dropping and within the emotion of the sport I wished to get the ball quick and I gave him slightly push.
“I am not like this. It was within the warmth of the second and I need to apologise. I gave him my shirt. I am actually sorry about it – I really feel I’ve to apologise to him.
“My French isn’t superb, and [Portugal team-mate] Vitinha came visiting and mentioned to him I used to be not like this.
“On the finish he [the ball boy] laughed and I gave him my shirt and mentioned sorry about 35 instances. He might see what had occurred and was proud of the state of affairs.”
It’s unclear whether or not Neto will face any additional punishment by Uefa, however his actions got here throughout a wider Chelsea collapse.
Head coach Liam Rosenior echoed the apology, including: “I noticed there was an altercation with the ball boy. But when there was something from our aspect that was unsuitable or out of order, I apologise on behalf of the membership.
“However I feel Pedro has completed so in interviews. I genuinely have not seen it again.”
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