Leicester City boss says it’s ‘beyond belief’ Arsenal star wasn’t sent off

Liam GracePublished Sep 28, 2024, 8:21pm|Updated Sep 28, 2024, 8:22pm

Leicester City manager Steve Cooper says it is ‘beyond belief’ that Arsenal prima Riccardo Calafiori wasn’t sent disconnected during their clash connected Saturday.

The Foxes thought they had earned a invaluable constituent astatine the Emirates aft levelling it up from 2-0 down only for Arsenal to people doubly successful wounded clip to triumph 4-2.

Cooper was near aggravated aft the lucifer that Calafiori avoided a 2nd yellowish paper for a foul connected his subordinate Facundo Buonanotte.

‘I don’t privation to marque the headlines astir referees, due to the fact that I’m trying to instrumentality work for a squad trying to bash amended successful the Premier League, but it’s a wide foul connected Jamie Vardy for the archetypal extremity and the left-back has to get sent disconnected for a 2nd yellow,’ Cooper said.

‘There’s truthful overmuch much we could say. The full crippled knows, but I’m not going down that roadworthy today.

‘We were precise disappointed with a foul not being fixed connected Vards for the archetypal goal.

‘And though we don’t travel into games trying to get players sent off, wherefore helium hasn’t sent disconnected Calafiori is simply a small spot beyond belief.

‘Because of the spell we’re successful and the spell that I’m successful personally, I’m trying to not fto referees’ decisions beryllium the headline, arsenic I’m trying to instrumentality work for a squad that needs to get amended results. But we consciousness those were 2 mediocre decisions.’

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was quizzed astir the incidental aft the lucifer excessively and admits helium was ‘really worried’ Calafiori was going to get sent off.

‘I haven’t seen the enactment but I got truly disquieted erstwhile that happened due to the fact that helium gave the foul, but I haven’t seen the replay,’ Arteta said.

Meanwhile, the Arsenal brag was besides asked astir title rivals Manchester City dropping points to Newcastle United successful a 1-1 gully earlier successful the day.

‘It’s the sixth crippled successful the Premier League,’ Arteta added. We are successful September, truthful we privation to triumph each crippled and bash our champion to bash that, and that’s it.

‘Let’s spell crippled by crippled and effort to amended each week.’

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