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Adebayor won't change celebration

Emmanuel Adebayor

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor says he will continue to show 'emotion' when he celebrates goals despite facing an FA charge for improper conduct.

The Togo international has until Wednesday to appeal the charge which was levelled at him for celebrating in front of fans of former club Arsenal after scoring for City as they won 4-2 at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Adebayor ran the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Arsenal fans.

'I am not afraid and I will still celebrate with emotion,' Adebayor said.

'When you start to take emotion out of football you are going to have a very big problem. For the fans and the players it is a very emotional game, and when you take out emotion you have to question if people still care about the game.

'It is just one of those things that happens in football when emotions are high. When you are being abused for the whole game it affects you. People are saying ten seconds like it is a long time but it isn't.'

He added: 'The whole of that ten seconds I was running and I was running on pure emotion. I was not thinking like I would normally do.'

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