Arsenal news: Ref rejects Premier League statement as dressing room reaction revealed

Arsenal volition beryllium looking to bounce backmost from their Premier League decision to Bournemouth with fixtures against Shakhtar Donetsk and Liverpool to travel successful the adjacent 7 days for the Gunners

It was not the play Arsenal would person dreamed of aft decision to Bournemouth.

The Gunners saw their unbeaten Premier League grounds end astatine the Vitality Stadium but indispensable retrieve rapidly up of an important week. The northbound London broadside archetypal invited Shakhtar Donetsk successful the Champions League earlier hosting chap Premier League rubric challengers Liverpool connected Sunday.

They look the task of overcoming Arne Slot's squad without the services of William Saliba, aft his red paper against the Cherries. Whether the Frenchman warranted the sending disconnected has proven a large talking constituent pursuing the game.

Regardless, Arsenal cannot spend to connection immoderate much advantages to their rivals. Mirror Football takes a look astatine immoderate of the biggest stories astir the Emirates.

Thomas Partey's message

Thomas Partey has echoed the comments of his manager and called connected Arsenal to larn from their mistakes aft seeing William Saliba person a reddish paper earlier falling to decision against Bournemouth.

It is the 3rd clip that the Gunners person dropped points portion being down to 10 men successful the Premier League this season. Arteta has pleaded with his squad to support their subject and Partey is successful agreement.

"We person to larn from our mistakes and not fto them hap again," helium said. "We are moving hard, we are trying to triumph our duels and sometimes these things happen. We person to instrumentality unneurotic due to the fact that reddish cards tin hap successful games and we indispensable larn from each mistake.

"Every clip we person 11 players 1 the pitch, we ever predominate the game.”

Dressing country verdict to Arsenal defeat

Jamie Carragher believes that Liverpool and Manchester City dressing rooms would person received a boost aft Arsenal's decision to Bournemouth, adjacent astatine this aboriginal signifier of the season. The erstwhile Reds defender suggested up of Liverpool's crippled against Chelsea that the rubric contention is already down to 3 teams.

"It looks similar a small spot similar past play wherever 3 teams are going for the title," helium said connected Sky Sports. "If you're Man City oregon Liverpool, the aforesaid mode City and Arsenal would've reacted to Liverpool losing to Forest.

"If you're going for the title, erstwhile you suffer a crippled that's not expected, it gives an vigor oregon buzz astir possibly Anfield oregon City that if you get 3 points to summation connected Arsenal erstwhile they've travel against a squad you'd expect to beryllium successful mid-table.

"It's a atrocious 1 losing against idiosyncratic you're not expected to. That'd springiness a boost to Man City and Liverpool."

Ex-referee rubbishes reddish paper decision

Ex-Premier League referee Mark Halsey does not judge that William Saliba's situation connected Evanilson met the criteria for a reddish card. The erstwhile authoritative disputes that the Frenchman denied an evident goalscoring accidental arsenic the Premier League's Match Centre and VAR suggested.

It read: "The referee gave Saliba a yellowish paper for a situation connected Evanilson. The VAR deemed that Saliba denied an evident goal-scoring accidental and recommended an on-field review. The referee past upgraded the yellowish to a reddish card."

Halsey notes the challenge whitethorn person failed to conscionable 3 of the 4 criteria required. "It’s a subjective decision, truthful I didn’t deliberation VAR Jarred Gillett needed to get involved," Halsey told the Sun.

"For the denial of a goalscoring opportunity, we look astatine 4 cardinal criteria. And I had doubts implicit 3 of those.

"The region betwixt the offence and the extremity was lengthy, the wide absorption of play saw the shot coming crossed Evanilson and not successful beforehand of him and besides the determination and fig of defenders was questionable.

"The likelihood of him keeping oregon gaining power of the shot would person astir apt been successful the favour of the Cherries guardant due to the fact that David Raya was back-pedalling towards his ain goal."

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