I was provoked by Tim Cahill and accept that by the rules, my reaction was a red card offense. I want to apologize to my teammates, and all I can say is that I will learn from this experience.

I don't like it when people say, 'You are the new Patrick'. No I'm not. I'm Cesc Fabregas. I am different.

We won everything together in our age group, and we used to love playing one-twos on the pitch - we had a great understanding.

He was a great team-mate, hard-working, generous. Even then he looked ready for the top level.

I don't like it when people say, 'You are the new Patrick'. No I'm not. I'm Cesc Fabregas.