Emmanuel Adebayor explains why he did THAT celebration against Arsenal

Emmanuel Adebayor

The Togo international left the Gunners for City in 2009 and scored against the north London club soon after, sprinting the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of travelling Gunners after scoring in a 4-2 win for the Citizens.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily Mail, the 35-year-old Istanbul Basaksehir front man revealed the shocking context behind an iconic moment in Premier League history.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.