Arsenal have been shown nine red cards since Mikel Arteta became manager 14 months ago. Were they correct decisions? (Photo by Ashley Western/MB Media/Getty Images)
Watching Bernd Leno join David Luiz in being sent for an early shower against Wolves was an all too familiar sight. Arsenal allowed their best 45 minutes of the season to go to waste, as two more red cards took the tally under Mikel Arteta to nine. NINE!
In 62 matches at the helm, that total, if we’re being all statistical, comes to a red card every 6.9 matches. It is a ludicrous number that champions the claim that Arsenal are their own worst enemy.
Such sentiments were echoed by Hector Bellerin in the aftermath of the 2-1 loss:
“One hundred per cent [we’ve had too many red cards],” he told the official Arsenal website. “We’ve shown that when we’re 11 against 11 on that pitch, it’s completely different.
“I always say that teams are not beating us, we are losing against ourselves.”
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In the case of almost all the dismissals that Arteta has overseen, they’ve come a stages where Arsenal have been not just in the mix for a positive result, but well on top. As if the team thrive on adversity and want to throw in a handicap for themselves to make things interesting.
Nine may sound like a lot. Because it is. Since the Spaniard took over 14 months ago, the teams next down the list are Norwich, Fulham, Everton, Brighton, West Brom, Leicester, Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United who have all been shown three. That’s….impressive?
Absolutely isn’t, and it’s sparked debate over whether there is some hidden agenda against the Gunners or if disciplinary issues are rampant within the squad. Best that we settle it then. Time for a review to see whether the calls made were correct or not, starting with the first one.
LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: Referee Paul Tierney awards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal a red card following a VAR review (Photo by Harriet Lander/Copa/Getty Images)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang vs Crystal Palace – 11/01/20
Originally shown a yellow card for his ill-timed lunge at Selhurst Park, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, having netted the opening goal on the afternoon, must’ve thought he got away with one.
Max Meyer was attempting to evade his challenge down the byline, with his quick touch inside taking the ball out of the path of the striker who was flying in.
Get the ball and there are probably no qualms about the tackle, even if he was off the ground. However, Aubameyang didn’t. He really didn’t.
It was a dreadful tackle. Meyer able to walk it off was remarkable, as any more force and it’s a snapped ankle. VAR intervened as the decision was red card. No malicious intent from the captain who is not that ilk of player, but a nailed-on sending off.
Red Card Decision: Correct
LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 21: Arsenal’s David Luiz is shown a red card by Referee Stuart Attwell (Photo by Ashley Western/MB Media/Getty Images)
David Luiz vs Chelsea – 21/01/20
What a central defensive pairing: Shkodran Mustafi and David Luiz. The stuff of dreams for any opposing side. Rival fans relished the thought of these two on the pitch together.
Away at Chelsea they combined in spectacular fashion, starting with a classically calamitous moment from the now departed Mustafi. Attempting to play a simple ball over the top back to Leno, he fluffed his lines and played Tammy Abraham in. Leno came out and opted against hauling the striker down, so Luiz took it upon himself to wrestle him to the floor with no intention of playing the ball.
It was simply a case of stopping him from shooting in whatever way possible. Such lunacy became a staple of Luiz’s game, and while Mustafi put his teammate’s head on the chopping block with that woeful pass back to goal, the Brazilian should have just conceded the strike and stayed on the pitch.
Red Card Decision: Correct
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<h2>Arsenal’s 9 red cards under Mikel Arteta: Were they correct decisions?</h2>
<p>In the case of almost all the dismissals that Arteta has overseen, they’ve come a stages where Arsenal have been not just in the mix for a positive result, but well on top. As if the team thrive on adversity and want to throw in a handicap for themselves to make things interesting.</p>
<p>Nine may sound like a lot. Because it is. Since the Spaniard took over 14 months ago, the teams next down the list are Norwich, Fulham, Everton, Brighton, West Brom, Leicester, Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Sheffield United who have all been shown three. That’s….impressive?</p>
<p>Absolutely isn’t, and it’s sparked debate over whether there is some hidden agenda against the Gunners or if disciplinary issues are rampant within the squad. Best that we settle it then. Time for a review to see whether the calls made were correct or not, starting with the first one.</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: Referee Paul Tierney awards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Arsenal a red card following a VAR review (Photo by Harriet Lander/Copa/Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang vs Crystal Palace – 11/01/20</h2>
<p>Originally shown a yellow card for his ill-timed lunge at Selhurst Park, <a href=https://paininthearsenal.com/2021/02/03/arsenal-9-red-cards-arteta-review/"https://www.90min.com/players/pierre-emerick-aubameyang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang</a>, having netted the opening goal on the afternoon, must’ve thought he got away with one.</p>
<p>Max Meyer was attempting to evade his challenge down the byline, with his quick touch inside taking the ball out of the path of the striker who was flying in.</p>
<p>Get the ball and there are probably no qualms about the tackle, even if he was off the ground. However, Aubameyang didn’t. He <em>really </em>didn’t.</p>
<p>It was a dreadful tackle. Meyer able to walk it off was remarkable, as any more force and it’s a snapped ankle. VAR intervened as the decision was red card. No malicious intent from the captain who is not that ilk of player, but a nailed-on sending off.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision: </strong>Correct</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 21: Arsenal’s David Luiz is shown a red card by Referee Stuart Attwell (Photo by Ashley Western/MB Media/Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>David Luiz vs Chelsea – 21/01/20</h2>
<p>What a central defensive pairing: Shkodran Mustafi and <a href=https://paininthearsenal.com/2021/02/03/arsenal-9-red-cards-arteta-review/"https://www.whoscored.com/Players/27586/Show/David-Luiz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Luiz</a>. The stuff of dreams for any opposing side. Rival fans relished the thought of these two on the pitch together.</p>
<p>Away at Chelsea they combined in spectacular fashion, starting with a classically calamitous moment from the now departed Mustafi. Attempting to play a simple ball over the top back to Leno, he fluffed his lines and played Tammy Abraham in. Leno came out and opted against hauling the striker down, so Luiz took it upon himself to wrestle him to the floor with no intention of playing the ball.</p>
<p>It was simply a case of stopping him from shooting in whatever way possible. Such lunacy became a staple of Luiz’s game, and while Mustafi put his teammate’s head on the chopping block with that woeful pass back to goal, the Brazilian should have just conceded the strike and stayed on the pitch.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Correct</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JUNE 17: David Luiz of Arsenal receives a red card from match referee Anthony Taylor (Photo by Peter Powell/Pool via Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>David Luiz vs Manchester City – 17/06/20</h2>
<p>Here he is again.</p>
<p>The first game back after Project Restart was a hellish one for Arsenal, who travelled north to face Manchester City having been on an eight-game unbeaten run in the Premier League prior to lockdown. Step forward Luiz.</p>
<p>Brushing over his error for the opener, this time Riyad Mahrez gave him the slip and ran through on goal. Luiz knowing full well he wasn’t going to catch him, opted to get a good grip of his shoulder and pull him back.</p>
<p>In much of the same vein as at Stamford Bridge, in these situations it’s best to let the goalkeeper try and do is job. You can haul him down or trust in your teammate. Luiz opted for the former.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Correct</p>
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<h2>Eddie Nketiah vs Leicester – 07/07/20</h2>
<p>If Aubameyang’s wasn’t already a perfect example of a ‘striker’s challenge’, then Eddie Nketiah’s was.</p>
<p>Leading 1-0 at home to Leicester in July, the Foxes were starting to knock on the door in the closing stages without ever truly troubling Arsenal. Their task was made easier (or harder depending on your view of ten men defending) when Nketiah received his marching orders.</p>
<p>Caglar Soyuncu’s header back to James Justin was risky, so Nketiah saw the opportunity to pounce on the loose pass. With eyes fixed on the ball, he stuck his leg out. Justin was quicker, knocking the ball forward which resulted in the forward’s studs catching his knee.</p>
<p>Nothing malicious about it, it was nevertheless a very, very poor tackle.</p>
<p>VAR reviewed it and the decision was a red card. Nobody can have any complaints about the challenge, which was high and dangerous.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Correct</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">English referee Anthony Taylor shows a red card to Arsenal’s French-born Ivorian midfielder Nicolas Pepe (Photo by MOLLY DARLINGTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>Nicolas Pepe vs Leeds – 22/11/20</h2>
<p>What an idiot.</p>
<p>Is Ezgjan Alioski a pleasant man? No.</p>
<p>Does it matter? No.</p>
<p>Did Nicolas Pepe let his team, manager and fans down? Yes.</p>
<p>No point debating.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> What do you think?</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 13: Granit Xhaka of Arsenal (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>Granit Xhaka vs Burnley – 13/12/20</h2>
<p>Just as needless as Pepe’s, on this occasion Granit Xhaka’s head just went. He lost it. For no reason at all.</p>
<p>Having cynically taken down Dwight McNeil for a classic ‘professional foul’, the winger reacted strongly to the Swiss’ challenge. There were a few strong words exchanged. No biggie.</p>
<p>Ashley Westwood then got involved and having inadvertently tripped Xhaka, the midfielder got up and put his hand around Westwood’s throat. Was it the trip or something he said? Who cares, it was a red card.</p>
<p>It was 0-0 at this point with Arsenal on top.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Correct</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">Arsenal’s Brazilian defender Gabriel (R) reacts as he realises he is about to receive a red card from Referee Paul Tierney (Photo by PETER CZIBORRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>Gabriel Magalhaes vs Southampton – 16/12/20</h2>
<p>Wrestling their way back into the game through the brilliance of Bukayo Saka, Arsenal were on the ascendancy against Southampton having gone five Premier League matches without tasting victory.</p>
<p>A first half in which Paul Tierney made some questionable decisions not to dish out yellow cards, Gabriel received his first yellow after the break. In the context of the game the referee could easily have kept his cards in his pocket.</p>
<p>Those inconsistencies were what riled fans when the Brazilian went shown a second booking for hauling down Theo Walcott not long after. There can be no arguments about the yellow card after he put his hands on the forward to slow him down, yet over the course of the game it felt unjust.</p>
<p>Of course, arguments will be made that he was lucky during the win at Old Trafford so the ‘evens itself out’ debate will come into effect. Based on the overall decision making of the referee, perhaps a tad unjust.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Correct, if somewhat debatable</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">Talking points as Arsenal slumped to a 2-1 defeat away at Wolves on Tuesday night, with David Luiz and Bernd Leno being brandished straight red cards either side of half-time. (Photo by NICK POTTS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>David Luiz vs Wolves – 02/02/20</h2>
<p>So much grey area involved in this. On one hand, the ‘triple punishment’ law clearly states that if there is no attempt to deliberately prevent a goal-scoring opportunity then a yellow card is just in the circumstances.</p>
<p><em>However</em>, other laws state that this only applies if there is a genuine attempt made to get the ball. Luiz did neither on this occasion, yet by some reckoning him trying his best to avoid touching Jose was worse than him flinging a leg out in the direction of the ball. It is an utter farce and highlights serious issues within the law-making.</p>
<p>Was it even a penalty in the first place? Jose’s studs move back and graze Luiz’s thigh and he trips up under minimal contact. Such calls are frequently made.</p>
<p>It’s been universally agreed by all within the game that the red card was a nonsense decision and wholeheartedly unfair. There is even debate over whether his reputation preceded him, which if true, underlines drastic flaws within Premier League refereeing. You judge incidents on merit not reputation. There are many cases of this happening with Wilfried Zaha, as an example.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Ludicrously harsh but apparently ‘Correct’</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 02: Bernd Leno of Arsenal (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>Bernd Leno vs Wolves – 02/02/20</h2>
<p>He misread the bounce of the ball horrendously. Coming out with the intention of chesting the pass to Cedric, whether it hit a divot in the ground and deflected slightly to his right or he just got his bearings all wrong, it was very poor from the German.</p>
<p>Having played <a href=https://paininthearsenal.com/2021/02/03/arsenal-9-red-cards-arteta-review/"https://paininthearsenal.com/2021/02/02/bernd-leno-arsenal-world-class/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">out of his skin this season</a> up until this moment, one of the most reliable members of the squad this campaign suffered what doctors call ‘a brain fart’.</p>
<p>While the game may already have been beyond Arsenal’s reach by this point, it’s the one-game ban and absence for the Aston Villa match which exacerbates this red card.</p>
<p>Best rally behind Alex Runarsson. He’ll need it.</p>
<p><strong>Red Card Decision:</strong> Correct</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text" style="width:590px;">WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 02: Mikel Arteta, Manager of Arsenal (Photo by Nick Potts – Pool/Getty Images)</p>
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<h2>Arsenal Red Card Summary</h2>
<p>There can be no complaints about the majority of the <em>nine </em>red cards Arsenal have received under Mikel Arteta’s tenure. Four were idiotic moments of lunacy and two were typical forwards’ challenges.</p>
<p>One was harsh, one was reckless and one was the result of an inexplicably bizarre thought process.</p>
<p>Where people are irked is the inconsistencies and issues with the laws themselves. How can Luiz be given a straight red against Wolves when Bruno Fernandes goes unpunished for a deliberate studs down challenge on the back of Xhaka’s shin? Or when Craig Pawson, the same referee as on Tuesday night, disallowed Sokratis’ winner against Crystal Palace for <em>somehow </em>adjudging Calum Chambers to have fouled in the build up?</p>
<p>A game of opinions. This is what football is and it’s both the joy and the scorn of the sport.</p>
<p>Does that excuse the disciplinary issues within the squad for the majority of the dismissals? It does not. Interestingly, these nine also included career first red cards for Aubameyang, Nketiah, Gabriel, Pepe and Leno.</p>
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