Roy Keane tells Mikel Arteta ‘show a bit of class’ after Arsenal manager’s comments as he weighs in on red card decision

ROY KEANE has slammed Mikel Arteta for his deficiency of 'class' aft the Arsenal manager hinted astatine inconsistencies successful his post-match interview.

Arteta was intelligibly furious with referee Michael Oliver aft 10-man Arsenal's chaotic 2-2 gully astatine Manchester City connected Sunday.

Trossard was shown a 2nd yellowish paper connected the changeable of half-time for kicking the shot distant and delaying the restart, aft he'd shoved into the backmost of Bernardo Silva, with the scoreline astatine 2-1 to the visitors.

Arteta was enraged connected the touchline, pulling his jumper up implicit his caput successful disbelief. 

He was conscionable arsenic frustrated successful his frosty post-match interrogation with Sky Sports.

The Spaniard alluded to inconsistencies successful Oliver's decision-making aft City winger Jeremy Doku escaped punishment for kicking the shot away earlier successful the archetypal half.

Arteta said: "There were 2 incidents, precise similar.

"In particular, 1 was precise antithetic with a antithetic result that forces you to play a crippled that cipher wanted to watch."

When quizzed connected Trossard's dismissal, Arteta responded icily: "You tin inquire me, but it's that evident I don't person to comment."

Reacting to Arteta's comments, Sky pundit Roy Keane said that the Arsenal manager's frustrations were misplaced.

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Former Manchester United skipper Keane said: "Managers are coming retired each week saying each determination is against them. Just travel retired and judge it. 

"Deep down he'll beryllium satisfied with a point. Show a spot of people arsenic the manager of Arsenal.

"Say helium astir apt deserved the reddish card, we reacted good and we determination on.

"That's the extremity of it. Take your medicine and determination on. Show a spot of class."

Keane aboriginal added: "Wouldn't it beryllium bully if a manager came retired aft a crippled and conscionable said 'Yeah, you cognize what helium was a spot silly, it was a yellowish card.

"Just travel retired and beryllium large enough… players bash daft worldly connected a shot pitch, travel retired and amusement a spot of class.

"And say: 'The referee gave him a accidental to nonstop him off. We're disappointed but we determination on'."

But pundits are divided connected the Doku incident with Keane, and Alan Shearer, aboriginal pointing retired that the Belgian was asked to walk the shot backmost towards Declan Rice for a free-kick by Oliver.

But Doku deed the shot mode past the England international.

And Paul Merson said: “If Doku can’t play it to Rice helium shouldn’t beryllium playing football.

“He’s kicking the shot distant successful my opinion. Rice is there, and he’s kicked it to there. 

“We’ve got to usage a spot of communal consciousness present different we’ll conscionable beryllium sending radical disconnected left, close and centre."

It's the 2nd clip this play Arsenal person had a subordinate sent disconnected for delaying the restart aft Rice was fixed his marching orders successful a 1-1 gully with Brighton astatine the Emirates.

Arsenal went into half-time 2-1 up aft goals from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel turned the crippled connected its caput pursuing Erling Haaland's early opener - his 100th for the club.

But Trossard's reddish paper changed the crippled arsenic Arsenal felt compelled a parkland the autobus for 45 minutes arsenic Ben White replaced Bukayo Saka astatine the break.

Arteta's broadside were specified seconds distant from producing 1 of the finest antiaircraft performances successful Prem past and securing a historical triumph astatine the Etihad earlier John Stones equalised successful the 97th minute.