Samuel Eto'o apologises to Jordan Henderson

Chelsea’s Samuel Eto’o has apologised to Jordan Henderson for the bad tackle he inflicted on the Englishman on Sunday afternoon.

The Cameroonian scored the winning goal against Liverpool at Stamford Bridge to move Chelsea to within two points of league leaders Arsenal.

As well as his clash with Henderson, Eto’o also bundled over Luis Suarez in the penalty area and was incredibly fortunate not to give away a penalty.

Asked about his challenge on Henderson, Eto’o said: “Maybe I should have been sent off. But I’m not the referee. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but we must respect decisions from the officials.

“During the match in the first moments, the game was passionate on both sides, but people know I’m not violent. I was really sad to see Jordan on the floor – I want to take this opportunity to say sorry.

“There are days where I’m the one who gets kicked – it’s football and can happen unfortunately.

“But my only intention was to defend and prevent my team from conceding a goal, nothing else. It wasn’t to take out an opponent.”

However, Eto’o was less than convinced his tackle on Suarez merited a penalty.

“The ref did his job. He was two metres from us,” he said.

“We can’t all be the ref and it’s easy for people to talk when they are far away. Yes, there was contact – but I didn’t commit a foul.”