The best Mikel Arteta and his players can do is erase, directly, the memory of tonight from their heads. Everything that could go wrong turned out worse, and, just when they had a shot to hook the fighting group for European positions, they signed the blackest night in their recent history. Two expulsions, one more than debatable and the other simply ridiculous, which were added to a disallowed goal and a penalty against.
As much as Arsenal was the one who took the lead in the match through Pépé, who scored a goal worthy of framing, the leading role in the first half was undoubtedly taken by the referee, who ended up deciding the match. A race by Willian José, who was already preparing to go head-to-head with Leno, ended in his cue lightly brushing the knee of David Luiz, who was chasing him but did not even intend to stop him or play the ball. The result: a direct red for the Brazilian and a penalty for Wolves converted by Rúben Neves.
Whether or not it is expulsion, because in England they continue to leave their pupils in the regulations to justify or criticize the decision, the David Luiz thing is still a record … and not the good ones. Since joining the Gunners in the summer of 2019, he is the most sent off player, with three red cards, and the most penalties he has conceded, with six.
The blow for Arteta’s men was tremendous, although not as tremendous as the great goal that Moutinho pulled from the hat from outside the area to turn the score around. A missile that seemed the most spectacular thing that remained to be seen in the meeting until Leno, who must have wanted to participate in the chain of nonsense, made a very strange exit to end up volleying the ball with his hand outside the area. A second expulsion that left his team with no options and that ended up resulting in Arsenal’s first defeat in the Premier since mid-December.
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