Alan Shearer in no doubt about William Saliba red as MOTD pundit highlights error

William Saliba was sent disconnected aboriginal successful Arsenal's crippled against Bournemouth and the Cherries capitalised connected their vantage to triumph the lucifer 2-0 acknowledgment to goals from Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert

Alan Shearer believes William Saliba was rightly sent off successful Arsenal's 2-0 decision to Bournemouth connected Saturday aft a VAR check.

Saliba was initially shown a yellowish paper by referee Rob Jones aft bringing down Evanilson successful the first-half, but that was upgraded to a reddish paper aft helium was encouraged to reappraisal the incidental by VAR.

The defender was deemed to person denied Bournemouth a wide goalscoring opportunity and Arsenal were near with 10 men for the remainder of the game. Bournemouth yet made the astir of their advantage, with goals from Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert earning them an important victory.

It was besides Arsenal's archetypal decision of the play and Shearer was not lone captious of Saliba's situation connected Evanilson, but helium besides took purpose astatine Leandro Trossard arsenic well. "It was decidedly the close decision," Shearer said erstwhile analysing the incidental connected BBC Match of the Day.

"He [the ref] got determination successful the end. It was a mediocre determination from Trossard, helium conscionable doesn’t rather get the backpass right, and evidently you can't beryllium offside. Evanilson's 1 v one, Saliba - there's nary request to foul him, there's inactive a agelong mode to spell and truthful overmuch to do.

"But there's nary mode [Ben] White's getting back, and from different space from down the extremity you tin conscionable spot the goalkeeper commencement to backpedal erstwhile helium realises he's not going to get anyplace adjacent the ball.

"The ref gave a yellowish card, was told to spell to the screen, and that's wherever VAR works truly well. So decidedly the close decision, and Bournemouth punished them for it."

Former Premier League goalkeeper Shay Given added: "I deliberation it's the close decision, I don't recognize wherefore Rob Jones gave him a yellowish to commencement with. At the extremity of the time they've made the close determination and he's got to spell off."

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, bemoaned the information it was the 3rd clip successful 8 games that his broadside person had a subordinate sent off. "It was a determination made connected the pitch. That determination was changed. I don't deliberation it volition alteration twice. The determination has been made," helium said erstwhile asked astir the incident.

"We are precise disappointed with the effect and gutted due to the fact that we had to play successful that discourse again. Even much hard than the erstwhile 2 that we person faced this play to bash it with 65 oregon 68 minutes with 10 men astatine this level, it's conscionable an intolerable task."

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