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Diouf Just A Personality, But Can Get Carried Away

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Blackburn Rovers insist there was nothing but handbags in El Hadji Diouf’s row with Tottenham flapper Heurelho Gomes at the end of Saturday’s dramatic win.

After the final whistle, Diouf riased his arms to the Spurs fans in victory. A melee ensued involving several Spurs players, headed by Gomes, on the half way line, before everything calmed down and Diouf whooped up the Rovers crowd.

Blackburn defender Ryan Nelsen, speaking to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, said – ‘I didn’t really see it because I was so busy celebrating myself, but Diouf is an emotional guy.

‘He brings a lot of personality to the team and I mean that in the right sort of way. Since he’s come here he has been fantastic, a real breath of fresh air. He’s hungry and he wants to win. So maybe it was just a bit of that.

‘When you pinch a win in those circumstances, it can get quite emotional. He’s a fantastic lad and wants to win so badly when he’s on the field.

‘People can sometimes take it the wrong way and maybe that’s what’s happened. Players like him are infectious. Sometimes if guys are not at their best, a guy like him can rub off and give other players energy. I felt he really did that for us today.’

Rumour has it Gomes was moaning that Diouf shouldn’t celebrate victory as Tottenham are the much bigger club 😉

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