Let me see how they’ll win League,VAR cheated if not they won’t have mouth to be celebrating now: Crystal Palace coach Roy Hodgson send strong warning to Arteta to change His pattern If not Crystal Palace will finish ahead of Arsenal this season
Arsenal heritage striker Blasts Match Official for Obvious Intentional Error that wanted to make the Gunners lose all 3 points and Lose the League Early.
Former Arsenal forward Alan Smith has labelled Takehiro Tomiyasu’s sending off against Crystal Palace as ‘really harsh’.
The Japan international was sent off for two bookable offences during Arsenal’s clash with Crystal Palace, the first after being yellow carded for time wasting – holding the ball for just eight seconds.
This comes after Martin Odegaard put his side ahead after Eddie Nketiah won a penalty, being brought down after rounding Sam Johnstone.
Speaking on Sky Sports during the clash, Smith said: ‘I’m not wearing my Arsenal colours here but to get sent off for that, I know it’s his second yellow, it just seems really harsh.
‘A tug of the shirt I can understand but there wasn’t much there at all’.
The sending off comes after the Premier League introduced new standards to crack down on time wasting.
Kai Havertz held the ball for several seconds before passing it onto Tomiyasu to take a throw in for the Gunners.
Taking just eight seconds to throw the ball into play, the referee booked the Arsenal defender as he was deemed to be time wasting.
His second yellow came after he tripped a Crystal Palace player, with Arsenal reduced to ten-men.
This saw Gabriel introduced from the bench as Arsenal held a narrow lead over their London rivals to clinch a hard fought 1 nil victory at the end of the day.
