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Cesc Fabregas has hit back at critics who said he can’t defend. In his post match interview against Sunderland, the Spaniard hit back at his critics, after an excellent display which revealed that Fabregas could also put in some work defensively.

Fabregas said: “People say I cannot defend but I recovered the ball, went forward and scored,”

“It’s fantastic for me to score. I know what I can do but the problem is I haven’t had minutes, and if you don’t play you can’t show what you can do. In football nowadays people forget very quickly who you are, what you’ve done and what you can do. Hopefully now I can have a run of games to keep my fitness up and show what I can do.” Said Fabregas.