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should this have been a red card?

🚨💣🎙️ | Julian Alvarez BLASTS Arsenal media Critics ahead of their Fixture: 🎙️Alvarez: 🗣️ “I honestly don’t understand why Arsenal receive the level of criticism they get. For me, they are a great club with a very strong team. When I have time on weekends, I watch them, and I really enjoy their style of play — the way they move the ball, the intensity, the ideas. It’s something I admire a lot. What Mikel Arteta has done there is incredible. People need to give Arsenal more credit because what they are doing is not easy at all. To be unbeaten in the UEFA Champions League at this level is very, very remarkable. And then you look at the Premier League and see them at the top — that’s insane. It shows the level of the team. I think sometimes people just like to talk about Arsenal because their own clubs are not capable of doing what this team is doing right now. It’s easier to criticize than to recognize quality. For me, I’m really looking forward to playing against them with Atlético Madrid. It’s going to be a great game of football two very strong teams going head-to-head. I know the level they have, and we also believe in our strength. These are the matches you want to play in, and I can’t wait for it.”

Referee appointments will be a mess this week. The worst possible outcome for the Premier League would be a City loss and an Arsenal win; so they’ll bring in the trusted guys. They’ll 100% give Michael Oliver the Arsenal game… England, Taylor or Kavenagh will get City.

Michael Oliver has issued more yellow cards (111) and red cards (4) to Arsenal than any other team he has officiated in his career. Meanwhile despite taking charge of Man City for the same amount of time (64 games), he has never issued them a single red card. Oliver has also issued Arsenal the fewest penalties (5) out of any other top 6 side in the Premier League despite taking charge of Arsenal the 2nd most times, only topped by Liverpool.