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Sutton gives his view on the Saliba red card on IT'S ALL KICKING OFF

The decision to send off Arsenal star William Saliba in the Gunners' damaging 2-0 defeat by Bournemouth on Saturday was arguably the most controversial moment of the Premier League weekend.

Saliba was initially booked for bringing down Evanilson just beyond the halfway line but his yellow was upgraded to a red for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity after referee Rob Jones was sent to the pitchside monitor by VAR.

The Frenchman, who was chasing a poor pass from team-mate Leandro Trossard, is the latest Arsenal player to be given his marching orders, with their discipline becoming a problem for manager Mikel Arteta.

The incident was dissected by Chris Sutton and Mike Keegan on the latest episode of Mail Sport's It's All Kicking Off! podcast.

Sutton and Keegan disagreed over the sending off as the Premier League winner also warned Gunners fans that their 'sloppy' start could cost them the title.

'You look at the points dropped, Trossard got sent off at Manchester City when Arsenal were in front and albeit they were praised quite rightly so for their rearguard action, it was two points dropped,' said Sutton. 

'Declan Rice in the earlier game, I think it was against Brighton, they were in front, two points dropped in that. And then at the weekend, they were drawing against Bournemouth and Saliba got sent off and they dropped points in that particular game.'

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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