ARSENAL fans had been preparing themselves for beingness without William Saliba pursuing his reddish paper against Bournemouth - but helium is disposable for enactment TONIGHT!
The French improvement earned his first-ever sending-off aft VAR intervened and upgraded an archetypal yellowish paper to a red.
And successful mean procedures, Saliba would beryllium suspended for the adjacent lucifer connected the fixture list.
However, the highly-rated centre-half is portion of the squad for Arsenal's location fixture contiguous owed to rules and regulations.
SunSport tin explicate what this is below.
Why is William Saliba not suspended for Arsenal's Champions League lucifer tonight?
William Saliba is eligible to play for Arsenal contiguous arsenic his suspension is for home competitions only.
And with this upcoming fixture being a European encounter, the Frenchman volition beryllium capable to spouse alongside Gabriel erstwhile again.
Saliba became the 3rd Arsenal subordinate to spot reddish successful 8 Premier League matches for the Gunners this season.
Declan Rice was sent disconnected against Brighton portion Leandro Trossard received a reddish successful the frenetic Manchester City clash.
Why did William Saliba get sent off?
The Frenchman was initially booked for pulling backmost Bournemouth striker Evanilson.
Saliba attempted to halt the Brazilian who was acceptable to burst wholly wide mid-pitch.
VAR Jared Gillett summoned on-pitch ref Rob Jones to the monitor.
And aft looking, Jones had nary doubts arsenic helium waved a reddish to trim the Gunners to 10 men.
How galore matches volition William Saliba miss for Arsenal?
Fortunately for Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta, William Saliba volition miss conscionable ONE game.
Had it been convulsive conduct, helium would person been suspended for 3 matches.
However, that 1 lucifer is against red-hot Liverpool this coming play astatine the Emirates.
What has been said?
Mikel Arteta highlighted that his broadside playing with 10 men is ever a problem.
"Playing with 10 men ever is an issue.
"The spot is, erstwhile you analyse it, 3 antithetic precise actions and the result of them, the reasons are precise different.
"Regardless of that we cannot proceed to play with 10 men astatine this level. We request to eradicate that, it's clear."
Arteta added: "The reasons, how; it doesn't matter. We person to focus.
"We cannot proceed to play with 10 men, easier to accidental it past to get it done," helium said.
"Specific moments. Reacting, we person a defeat. Very circumstantial conditions arsenic well."