Manchester City's Samir Nasri caused a bit of a stir at Euro 2012 after scoring an equaliser for native France in a clash against England. Nasri fired his effort under the sprawling dive of future Manchester City team-mate Joe Hart and immediately pointed at the press box saying 'shut up' before putting his finger to his lips in a 'be quiet' gesture. The celebration was in reference to negative press with French national newspaper L'Equipe criticising him for his displays in the warm-up games leading into the tournament. Nasri later regretted the incident, saying:
It was a reaction that I should not have. When your family are reading some articles and you are the target every day, it is exhausting.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
