Of great actors (and divers) in Football

Another classic incident was during the fiery ‘Battle of Old Trafford‘, during Arsenal‘s unbeaten 2003 season, when Ruud van Nistelrooy suddenly decided to play piggyback with Patrick Viera outside the Arsenal penalty box. To top it off, the grounded Viera tries to ‘play Jackie Chan‘ by kicking out at Nistelrooy, who displays ‘great reflexes‘ in dodging the kick. Nistelrooy’s ‘look ref he tried to kill me‘ expression works wonders with referee Steve Bennet, as he dismissed Viera for a second yellow. Though the game ultimately finished 0-0, Nistelrooy was involved in more drama at the fag end of the game, as after missing a late penalty, he gets the ‘look dude, you can act, but you can’t score!‘ treatment from the jubilant Arsenal players.

Viera and Nistelrooy play ‘Chan and Tucker’ in 2003!