Wayne Rooney has been accused of spreading conspiracy theories about Manchester United, but Djibril Cissé says he has no intention of responding to the accusations any longer.
Cissé was part of the QPR team that faced Manchester City on the final day of the 2011/2012 season, when Roberto Martinez’s side made a dramatic comeback to clinch the Premier League title over Manchester United.
United were ready to celebrate after defeating Sunderland at the Stadium of Light, with City trailing QPR in the final stages, but Edin Dzeko’s late equalizer set the stage for Sergio Aguero to score one of the most famous goals in Premier League history.
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QPR could have been relegated that day, but they knew they were safe when they scored a late goal. Rooney became a voice for suggestions that QPR players, including Cisse, had deliberately said that to ensure City won the title rather than United.
The Red Devils hero singled out Cisse in particular for his criticism after he was seen “celebrating” with City players after the final whistle.
Cissé had had enough and set the record straight in an interview with FourFourTwo.
“I will no longer respond to this accusation. I was celebrating with Samir Nasri,” he said.
“I didn’t celebrate with Mario Balotelli or Sergio Aguero or anyone else. I celebrated with my brother Samir, who I’ve known for 15 years.
“I was happy for my friend and I was happy that we managed to survive. I don’t care about Man City. My friend finally won the Premier League after so many years in England. I was happy for him and I was happy for him. That’s all.”
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Cisse opened the scoring for QPR but questioned why his side would have fought so hard to take the lead if the plan was to lose to Manchester City.
Probably to avoid relegation, but anyway…
He added: “What Rooney said is not cool. He took his frustration out on me. It’s not my fault. What Rooney said is not cool.”
“If we wanted Man City to win the league, wouldn’t it have been a bit risky to wait until the last moment to let them score?
“We could have let them win 4-0 or 5-0 and go home. But we played against a strong team and the manager wanted to win that game. It wasn’t our reserve team.”
