Roy Keane agrees with two ex-Arsenal stars over Leandro Trossard red card

Roy Keane, Paul Merson and Theo Walcott were each successful statement implicit the reddish paper that Arsenal guardant Leandro Trossard received successful Sunday's melodramatic 2-2 gully with Manchester City

Roy Keane and his chap Sky Sports pundits were successful statement that Leandro Trossard afloat deserved to beryllium sent disconnected against Manchester City.

The Arsenal forward, 29, was stunned aft referee Michael Oliver showed him a 2nd yellowish paper for booting the shot away to forestall City from taking a speedy free-kick.

His dismissal came conscionable minutes aft Gabriel had headed the Gunners into a 2-1 pb connected the changeable of half-time and near Mikel Arteta's broadside up against it for the full 2nd half. Their absorption yet gave retired successful the 98th infinitesimal when John Stones struck to pinch a constituent for the hosts.

In his post-match interview, Arteta refused to condemn Trossard for leaving his team-mates precocious and adust and alternatively pointed retired a akin incidental that saw City winger Jeremy Doku spell unpunished.

Former Arsenal stars Paul Merson and Theo Walcott were alongside Keane and Micah Richards to supply investigation for the lucifer - and they were successful nary uncertainty that the Belgian deserved to locomotion for his infinitesimal of madness, which came conscionable weeks aft Declan Rice saw reddish for committing the aforesaid misdemeanour against Brighton.

Keane tore into Trossard, saying: "That could beryllium a yellowish [itself], the barge into him! We'll astir apt person to perceive radical each week saying, 'Let maine spot it again', but what bash you request to spot again?

"I'm conscionable saying if you're connected a yellowish card, I've said it earlier - and unluckily I've had a fewer reds - you effort not to springiness the referee a accidental to springiness you different yellow! He's fixed [Michael Oliver] the cleanable opportunity. He's barged into idiosyncratic and past helium has kicked the shot distant - it's not adjacent a debate. You don't request to ticker it 30 times. He's wrong: it's a 2nd yellowish and it's the tallness of stupidity."

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Merson besides questioned Trossard's decision-making, adding: "Trossard's a bully footballer with a bully brain. If that arsenic existent time, helium sidefoots that shot retired to Martinelli, helium doesn't footwear it retired with his laces.

"He's heard the whistle and he's kicked it. He knows what he's doing."

When Walcott was asked if Arteta present needed to talk to his players astir the delaying of restarts, helium said: "It reminds maine of the incidental with [Robin] Van Persie astatine the Nou Camp erstwhile helium kicked. Van Persie's quality; helium knows helium shouldn't person done that.

"I've got to agree, Trossard knows what he's doing. You request to larn your lesson. Hopefully present they're going to learn, but [Arsenal] are frustrated astir the Doku 1 arsenic well."

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