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Steward sacked for calling Fabregas a snake

In the eight-second clip, Fabregas is shown taken aback as he passes a steward and is told: “You’re a snake, you’re Arsenal, what happened to you?”

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The ex-Arsenal man was on the right side of the result at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, with Per Mertesacker sent off in the 18th minute before Diego Costa netted the victor five minutes later.

And Fabregas responded on the full-time whistle by tapping the Chelsea badge towards Arsenal fans sat near the tunnel.

It comes as Fabregas prepares to face his old club who are flying high in the Premier League.

“I don’t know why [it left], but the sharpness is back”.

“When it’s possible in midweek or in the day or two [after games] we work very hard [in training], and as a effect he is feeling very good”, Hiddink said of Fabregas. Under pressure I’m much more in control, I’m not shaky, but of course my team-mates make it easier for me.

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‘Some players, when something happened, they had a hard time afterwards to get into a good attitude and good shape. “In the past year this is the best moment for me”, the Spaniard added.

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