Vieira Should Have Been Sent Off for That Dive, Says Hamann

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PATRICK VIEIRA'S troubled season took another turn for the worse yesterday when the player involved in his diving controversy at Anfield told him: 'You should have gone for that.' The Arsenal skipper was already reeling from a double setback after losing 2-1 to Liverpool and picking up a booking that will rule him out of their crunch meeting with leaders Chelsea a week on Sunday.

It could have been worse, though, according to Dietmar Hamann, after a second-half incident that ended with Vieira throwing himself to the ground, despite the Liverpool midfielder pulling out of an intended tackle.

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Vieira Should Have Been Sent Off for That Dive, Says Hamann

'I didn't realise he had already been booked,' said Hamann. 'That means he definitely had a narrow escape when he took that dive. I d...

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