Arsenal fans were left furious at referee Michael Oliver on Sunday afternoon.
The Gunners were cruising with a 2-1 lead away from home against Manchester City when Leandro Trossard was given his marching orders on the stroke of half-time after he kicked the ball away and delayed the restart: “The referee issued a second yellow card to Leandro Trossard for delaying the restart.”
And Gunners fans were left fuming on social media, still venting from Declan Rice’s controversial sending off against Brighton for the same thing. One fan fumed: “Referee making it about himself again f*** off!”
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“It’s happened again? I’m done. Turning it off,” a second said. While a third posted: “Nah. Tell me this whole league isn’t rigged. First of all we are 2 minutes over the 6 minutes and then he sends Trossard off. Absolute shambles again from the officials!”
“That’s the same as Van Persie vs Barca. It happened so quickly. Trossard clearly still thinks the ball is in play and is clearing it,” a fourth pointed out. And another added: “Michael Oliver has ruined the game…Trossard pulled out of booting it like he was about to!”
Gary Neville was up in arms about Trossard’s decision making on Sky Sports: “Arteta has put his jumper over his head. I don’t think he can complain. It’s a foul. He barges Bernardo Silva and then he wellies the ball away. The reason we know he’s heard the whistle is he half pulls away.
“It was stupidity. I know they’re giving him a hug but I think they’ll be disappointed with him when they reflect on it.”
Jamie Carragher added: “The position Arsenal find themselves in, what is Trossard doing?”