Someone, I think it was Stuart Pearce, made the point that any English captain of an English club would have required a team of wild horses to keep him away from being with his team-mates and his fans on the last game of the season. He said that, injured or not, the club captain would have wanted to have limped out there, to the away end, and clapped his loyal fans, showing them his appreciation for all their support over the long, hard season. I rather got the impression that he would have liked to have decked Fabregas for being an absolute arsehole.
And who would have blamed him? Not me, that's for sure.