On Tuesday, the Manchester United defender Phil Jones was in fine form, roaring and gurning in equal measure as he addressed those who have criticised him and his fellow defender Chris Smalling. These are the edited highlights: “We have proved people wrong … people criticising does spur you on … you are always going to get critics,” he howled, before describing the precise body parts necessary for the modern footballer to use in sticking one to the naysayers. “We just take it on the chin, it is water off a duck’s back”. Arsène Wenger has taken note of the fact that Smalling has become used to handling criticism and reckons that makes him the perfect man to shore up...
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