Rio Ferdinand insists Emile Heskey is not to blame for the injury that has ruled the England captain out of the World Cup finals.
"It was a complete freak, an accident," said Ferdinand of the incident with Heskey which caused the injury at England's Bafokeng Sports Centre base.
"The ball came in from one of the lads to Emile, I'd gone to try and tackle him from behind - he didn't actually see me coming - we both went off balance and Emile's weight went down on my knee.
"It's no fault of his at all. It's just a freak accident that could happen at any given time and it had no connection to any previous injuries I've had."
No body would blame Heskey injuring his own captain, just before the wc. Last one to blame is, of course, the Captain.