Alan Shearer Labels Chelsea Midfielder Cesc Fabregas Pathetic

Newcastle legend Alan Shearer has lambasted Cesc Fabregas as'pathetic after backing out of a 50/50 tackle as the Chelsea star went in for a challenge with MK Dons captain Dean Lewington but pulled out at the last-minute, with the Championship side subsequently scoring from the attack.

Speaking at half-time during the FA Cup fourth round clash, Shearer the Match of the Day pundit laid into the Spain international following the incident saying “It isn't great defending at all and that's being polite. I'm sorry but the challenge here or the lack of it, look at the distance Fabregas has got to go to challenge and Lewington has got to go.  I'm sorry, I don't care who you are but you can't laugh at that, it's pathetic, it really is. You're one-nil up and trying to protect [the lead] here and you've got a 50/50 ball and you pull out of it, there is no excuse for that as a professional footballer. I don't care if you're good at tackling, bad at tackling or anything at tackling, you cannot pull out. You cannot do it, that is actually pathetic”.

Luckily for Fabregas, it didn't turn out to be too costly, as the Blues ran riot at the Stadium mk, thanks to a first-half hat-trick from Oscar and goals from Eden Hazard and Bertrand Traore.