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William Saliba red card: Arsenal star sent off in controversial incident (video)


William Saliba red card: Arsenal star sent off in controversial incident (video)

Arsenal's had a man sent off for third time this young Premier League season, but was Saturday's VAR-aided dismissal of William Saliba the right call?

The incident occurred before the half-hour mark of Arsenal's match at Bournemouth. Evanilson makes a good run to beat the Arsenal back line to Leandro Trossard's wayward back pass, and Saliba hauls down the Brazilian rather than bid to beat him to the loose ball.

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Head referee Rob Jones initially paused before producing a yellow card, but the Video Assistant Referee went right to work.

The footage showed Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya retreating toward his goal line and Ben White a good distance from beating Evanilson to the ball.

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Jones was sent to the screen and saw this was denial of a clear goal scoring opportunity, and Arsenal were down to 10 men in a scoreless Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium.

What do you think? Was it the right call? Letter of the law, it seems clear as a day.

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