Watch moment Doku gets away with same offence Arsenal star Trossard was sent off for… leaving Merson fuming

PAUL MERSON was near fuming aft Jeremy Doku escaped punishment for kicking the shot distant successful Man City’s 0-0 gully with Arsenal — dissimilar Leandro Trossard.

Arsenal’s Belgian maestro was fixed his marching orders with his broadside 2-1 up against Manchester City astatine the Etihad.

Mikel Arteta’s visitors had lone conscionable gone ahead acknowledgment to a header from Gabriel Magalhaes.

But things rapidly turned sour for the Gunners arsenic Trossard was shown a 2nd yellowish for kicking the shot away.

Michael Oliver had nary hesitation successful booking Trossard earlier reaching for the red.

And it forced Arsenal into a bus-parking occupation they erstwhile scoffed astatine successful an effort to grind retired each 3 points.

However, erstwhile Gunners prima Merson feels Man City prima Doku should besides person been punished earlier successful the game.

The winger appeared to footwear the shot distant erstwhile Arsenal won a free-kick.

But helium claimed helium was simply passing the shot to Declan Rice, who himself was sent disconnected for kicking the shot distant against Brighton this season.

The shot went obscurity adjacent Rice though.

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But Olivier took Doku’s broadside and agreed it had been an honorable effort to marque a pass.

This near Merson unimpressed though, who blasted the authoritative for not taking akin action.

Merson said: “If helium (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.

“You’ve got to retrieve there’s 40, 50,000 radical successful the assemblage arsenic well.”

A thrilling crippled astatine the Etihad saw City instrumentality a 9th infinitesimal pb done Erling Haaland.

But the champs suffered an wounded stroke arsenic key antheral Rodri was forced disconnected the field.

And Arsenal soon pulled themselves backmost connected level presumption done a scorcher from Riccardo Calafiori, with Pep Guardiola kicking his seat successful fury.

The Gunners past went up acknowledgment to Gabriel conscionable earlier half-time.

But the archetypal fractional excitement wasn’t implicit yet arsenic Trossard was sent for an aboriginal bath earlier Kyle Walker blasted Oliver successful the tunnel for a erstwhile questionable decision.

Arsenal past replaced Bukayo Saka with Ben White astatine the break, changing their signifier to a 5-4-0.

City had an eye-watering 25 shots to Arsenal’s 0 successful the 2nd half.

And the unit yet told arsenic John Stones fired successful a melodramatic 98th infinitesimal equaliser to bargain a point.