EDDIE NKETIAH and Dani Ceballos had to be separated just ten minutes before the Premier League season kicked off.
The Arsenal pair clashed during the warm-up at Craven Cottage.
Eddie Nketiah and Dani Ceballos were involved in a shoving match during the warm-up at FulhamCredit: BT Sport
The pair clashed when Ceballos went in heavy with a challenge in the rondoCredit: BT Sport
Ceballos was in the middle of the rondo and put in a needlessly-heavy challenge on fellow-sub Nketiah.
The young Englishman was not best pleased and grabbed the Spaniard’s arm with the on-loan Real Madrid midfielder giving the striker a shove.
Then seconds later when the ball came back to Nketiah, he seemed to boot the ball at his team-mate’s foot.
Arsenal’s other subs including Sead Kolasinac – who fought off robbers with Mesut Ozil last year – and set-piece coach Andreas Georgson were among those trying to keep the peace.
Ceballos and Nketiah both walked out with the rest of the subs at the beginning of the Premier League curtain-raiser against Fulham.
But they sat at opposite ends of the bench as the game got underway.
Former Spurs midfielder Jamie O’Hara said: “This isn’t passion this is two players throwing there [sic] toys out the pram because there [sic] not playing, need to put that aggression into the game and they might start.”
One Chelsea fan wrote: “Banter FC never fails to provide entertainment.”
Dani Ceballos has rejoined Arsenal on a season-long loan from Real MadridCredit: PA:Press Association
Eddie Nketiah was named on the bench for Arsenal’s clash vs FulhamCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Another joked: “Nketiah should have chinned him out tbh and I don’t say that lightly because Ceballos is in my my FPL.”
And one added: “It’s all going wrong at Arsenal already.”
But despite the aggro between the two substitutes, there was no such drama among the starting XI as Alexandre Lacazette took just nine minutes to score the opening goal of the season.
Arsenal’s subs, including Sead Kolasinac, were quick to calm things down as tempers roseCredit: BT Sport
Nketiah smashed the ball at Ceballos when he received the ball seconds laterCredit: BT Sport
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
