A crazy red card. Just can’t see how it can be, even in slow mo.
Focus on the standing leg, not the trailing leg he clipped. The first 3 or 4 angles I saw it from that aspect of the challenge was obscured
He brought his studs down the front of his leg before getting a stamp in, which turned into a trip. I was surprised in real time, the live angle looked like just a trip, but the contact was the contact. Comments like this one:
The narrative that it was above the ankle so it’s a red is utter, utter nonsense. There are multiple fouls EVERY game above the ankle that aren’t even given as yellows, let alone a red.
is really just saying that referees miss calls. Yes, they certainly do, and VAR absolutely would not have upgraded it to a red from a yellow
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Yeah I think the kid’s unlucky there tbh, he’s trying to flick out his foot to trip him but you can see the studs going into his shin before coming down onto his foot.
Yeah, that is about right - though he clearly had no intent to play the ball, so he was lining himself up for trouble. Without the studs, it is a clear yellow - of the type Arteta clearly coaches to perform. But Arsenal are persecuted…
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Pause the clip half a second in, that’s essentially what’s done him.
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Bournemouth with a 2nd!
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Bournemouth going to finish top 4 aren’t they?
Since he’s come into the side he’s had a real enjoyment of the shithouse side of the game. I would stop short of saying it’s petulant, more think Robbo ruffling Messi’s hair while he was sitting on the ground. Part of me thinks its good to see a young player be so willing to take up space after breaking through, but there is a recklessness with which he has conducted himself. This is maybe the consequence of that…he turned what should have been a textbook yellow into a justified red because he is careless.
He probably wont learn though because Mikel will tell him he was robbed.
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Guess who travels to Bournemouth next week.
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Bournemouth 2-0
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DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 16:18 Greenwich Mean Time
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Bournemouth 2-0 Nottingham Forest
Bournemouth’s third is ruled out. Dango Ouattara was a touch offside when he played in Justin Kluivert.
Forest survive, just.
EDIT: Bournemouth 3-0 :0)
Khusanov and Marmoush straight into City’s starting line-up against Chelsea this evening.
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We go here next week…
Bournemouth simply outstanding published at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time
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Bournemouth 3-0 Nottingham Forest
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at The Vitality Stadium
Bournemouth have produced some stunning football here. It has had everything, including the goals. Guess the mood inside The Vitality Stadium? Jubilant doesn’t cover it.
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A bit of a soft one for a red. You can see why it’s given, as he goes down his shin, with a little stamp and then a trip. Still, a bit harsh for me. I would have thought yellow and nobody from either side says a word.
If it upsets Arsenal and Arteta, good.
Wolves really did not take the opportunity presented
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And they scored
That second chance missed by Cunha is a real sliding doors moment. Maybe even for their season
Annoyingly, Califiori wouldnt even have been on the pitch had Arsenal not got the red card in the first half and needed to make a sub to adjust
Incredible stupidity of that Wolves red card. Same with the manager for not taking him off on the yellow.
Arsenal are just Corners FC