Cole dived and Luiz showed his nasty, cowardly side! Arsenal legend Wright slams Chelsea pair as Blues bully Brentford
By ANDY JAMES
Ian Wright has slammed Ashley Cole and for diving during Chelsea's FA Cup clash with Brentford.
Wright, in the studio as part of the ITV team for the fourth-round replay, criticised Cole for his reaction to a challenge from Brentford's Shaleum Logan in the first half at Stamford Bridge.
Cole won a free-kick on the edge of the Bees' area after going to ground as if in agony despite replays showing Logan hardly touched him.
Ouch: Ashley Cole went down as if in agony after a challenge from Brentford's Shaleum Logan
Camera never lies: Replays showed Logan hardly touched Cole
Not amused: Ian Wright (right) had plenty to say about Cole's reaction to the challenge
Wright said: 'It's something that's coming into the game more and more and you can't blame the foreign players any more.
'He's not touched him, he's nicked something off the referee there. It looks like he's touched him but he's not. He's acted like he's hurt but he's not hurt.
'It's worrying to see that this is something so natural in the game now. I hate to see it. It's horrible.'
Wright and Martin Allen, who was also in the studio, criticised Cole's fellow defender David Luiz for taking out Brentford's Jake reeves with a shoulder into the face.
Brazilian Luiz was booked for the challenge but Wright said: 'It's a red card for me. It was a cheap shot. He's done that on purpose. He's knows exactly what he's doing and it's almost like bullying.
'He (Luiz) is one of these players who likes time to play but now I see he's got a little bit of a nasty side to his game, a cowardly side.'
Allen said: 'It was a cowardly challenge. There's four minutes left, they're up 4-0 and he's done that to a 19-year-old. he's eyeballed him and put the shoulder straight in.'
It was later reported that Luiz, who has been linked with Barcelona in the past week, went to the Brentford dressing room and apologised to Reeves.
Chelsea won 4-0 with Juan Mata, Oscar, Frank Lampard and John Terry scoring the goals.
Dazed and confused: Jake Reeves (left) felt the full force of a David Luiz elbow
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