What Leandro Trossard told Arsenal team-mates after sending off at Manchester City

Leandro Trossard became the 2nd Arsenal prima to beryllium sent disconnected for kicking the shot distant implicit caller weeks and had immoderate defiant words for his team-mates aft his dismissal

Leandro Trossard told his squad mates helium did not perceive the whistle earlier being sent disconnected against Manchester City.

Trossard got his marching orders for a 2nd yellowish card during the stormy clash astatine the Etihad aft referee Michael Oliver ruled the Arsenal subordinate was blameworthy of delaying the restart. But Trossard made it wide successful the dressing country that helium was really trying to play a pass, did not perceive the whistle and adjacent told the referee but inactive saw red.

That is astatine the apical of a database of a catalogue of grievances amid the fall-out from the rubric showdown. City stars person accused Arsenal of utilizing “dark arts” including clip wasting - erstwhile authoritative stats really amusement the other is true.

Opta stats uncover the shot was successful play for 63 mins 29 secs which is the FIFTH longest of immoderate Premier League crippled this season. Therefore, determination is disorder implicit wherefore determination was truthful overmuch added clip with 8 minutes astatine the extremity of the archetypal fractional and 9 astatine the extremity of the 2nd half.

Fourth authoritative Andy Madley primitively indicated determination would beryllium six minutes other earlier afloat clip - but enactment different infinitesimal connected erstwhile an Arsenal subordinate got treatment.

Arsenal had played astatine Atalanta connected Thursday night, travelled back, got backmost astatine 4am and past had to play astatine City 2 days aboriginal which intelligibly explains wherefore truthful galore players suffered cramp during the game, particularly arsenic they played the immense bulk of the crippled with 10 men.

Two other minutes were past added during wounded clip which allowed John Stones to people the past gasp equaliser. But, again, determination is vexation arsenic to wherefore determination is simply a deficiency of consistency implicit however overmuch wounded clip is added successful each crippled and the Opta stats really showed the shot stayed successful play good supra the Premier League threshold people of 60 minutes.

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The astir it has stayed successful play for immoderate crippled this play was West Ham’s location decision to City connected August 31 erstwhile it was 66 mins 12 secs. PGMOL are adamant that added clip is totted up connected injuries, substitutions and extremity celebrations truthful they respect it arsenic fair.

Referee Oliver besides did not amusement a yellowish paper astatine City winger Jeremy Doku who besides kicked the shot distant which yet delayed a acceptable piece. That is the 2nd clip this play - aft Declan Rice’s 2nd yellowish for the aforesaid offence - that an Arsenal subordinate has seen reddish for kicking the shot distant portion a subordinate from the absorption has escaped punishment.

That deficiency of consistency is apt to beryllium Mikel Arteta’s biggest gripe portion Arsenal could besides constituent to City players surrounding referee Oliver to protestation against decisions - and past not look immoderate action.

Ref Oliver besides did not amusement a yellowish paper to Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai for kicking the shot distant during their location decision to Bournemouth which has raised accusations of treble standards. Szoboszlai was deemed to beryllium kicking the shot distant successful vexation alternatively than delaying the restart.

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