Amazing comments from Theo Walcott after earning the penalty in the 90th minute against Leeds today.

After the game, Theo had this to say about the penalty:

“I want to apologise to the managers because I actually dived. I was trying to win a penalty. I asked one of their players, Would you have done the same?”. He said he probably would have. ‘I’m not the sort to do it, but I own up. It’s something I don’t want to see in the game. I’ve heard players say“If there’s a slight touch, go down”, and it can work both ways. I’m not happy with myself for doing that. I had a little joke with the referee afterwards and said,“That was my first dive … can you tell?. I don’t have to own up and I can’t speak for other players. I’ve just expressed what I feel.”  Read more... (169 words, estimated 41 secs reading time)