Curtis Jones embarrasses Ben White who flooring Liverpool ace – but avoids reserving
Ben White was fortunate to flee a card after decking Curtis Jones throughout Arsenal’s defeat to Liverpool within the FA Cup.
The defender received ‘Merked’ (as Rio Ferdinand circa 2006 may say) as Jones popped the ball previous him with a neat swivel close to the byline. White’s response was to seize maintain of the Liverpool midfielder and throw him to the bottom, and though a free-kick was awarded, the referee, bizarrely, stored his playing cards in his pocket.
“That is top class defending right there. His ability is unmatched… clearly works on that in training,” one fan on social media joked. Another, nonetheless, did not suppose it was humorous, fuming: “How has he got away with that? It’s a deliberate foul. No intention to play the ball. Stonewall booking.”
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A 3rd raged: “The ref needs his head screwing on. How has he not booked White for that?” A fourth added: “White clearly more than happy to play pantomime villain and I’m all for it lol.”
It was a troublesome outdated day on the workplace for Arsenal, who had 18 pictures at aim with out rippling the web. They dominated the ball for the a lot of the recreation and had the lion’s share of the probabilities, however have been made to rue a number of large missed alternatives as Jurgen Klopp’s aspect struck twice late on to seal a 2-0 win, and passage to the fourth spherical of the cup.
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Jakub Kiwior headed the ball into his personal web from a Trent Alexander-Arnold free-kick with simply 10 minutes left on the clock, and with Arsenal throwing males ahead in quest of an equaliser, Luis Diaz rocketed a second previous Aaron Ramsdale on the finish of a sweeping counter assault deep into stoppage time.
The end result means Mikel Arteta’s workforce have now received simply one among their final seven video games in all competitions. Liverpool, in the meantime, are nonetheless going robust in all 4 competitions. They’re high of the Premier League, into the last-16 of the Champions League, and have a double-header towards Fulham this month for a spot within the EFL Cup remaining.
