ARSENAL fans fumed as Burnley’s Ashley Westwood escaped a red card following a horror ‘stamp’ on Kieran Tierney.
With the sides drawing 0-0 at the Emirates, Clarets midfielder Westwood lunged in on left-back Tierney.
Replays revealed the tackle high on the knee but somehow warranted only a booking.
Gooners – who have seen three red cards given against them this season already – hit out at Westwood’s foul and subsequent booking.
One said: “Ashley Westwood stamps on Kieran Tierney’s calf, but luckily for him he’s wearing a Burnley shirt rather than an Arsenal one, so a yellow card is deemed sufficient.”
Another said: “Westwood very lucky, don’t hurt my man Tierney.”
One added: “Why is that not a red card for Westwood? Deliberately follows through and stomps Tierney.”
Another added: “Westwood foul on Tierney = yellow card. Xhaka? Your guess is as good as mine.”
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Arsenal have suffered a shocking disciplinary record this year with Gabriel, Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey all been shown red already.
Gabriel was sent off for two bookable offences in in Arsenal’s 2-1 loss against Manchester City on New Year’s Day
Then Xhaka’s moment of madness at Liverpool saw him receive a straight red after tacking out Diego Jota in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.
Partey’s dismissal came in the second leg while the Gunners trailed 2-0 and rounded off an ill-disciplined start to 2022 for Mikel Arteta’s side.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk