Arteta will be 'more disappointed' with refereeing than players
Arsenal may have the most red cards in the Premier League this season, but I do look at some of the scenarios and question whether they were all sending-offs.You look back earlier on in the season to Declan Rice's second yellow and ask was it really a second yellow? Should they have been two yellow cards? I would say no. Then you look at the Gabriel Martinelli's where some would argue it was the same phase of play, but it was two phases because there was a throw-in and then a free-kick. You think back to a William Saliba one on the halfway-line and he got sent off. Even with Myles Lewis-Skelly, you think of these tactical fouls that you can often get away with in the game.I do feel sorry for Arsenal in a way because of the red cards they have received. I have heard Mikel Arteta's comments recently when he mentioned that some of the rules had changed mid-way through the season, whether that is actually the case I don't know, or whether it was him just throwing something out there. But I do think it is quite harsh that they have received as many reds as they when you look back at the incidents and break them down.Arteta will not be as frustrated with the red cards from the players' reactions, but more so the inconsistency of refereeing. He will not be too disappointed in his players for those moments but more disappointed in the referee or officiating of the cards. The issue for Arteta is that they have probably proved costly because those players end up being suspended and they are big players that they have then maybe ended up dropping points they might not have done had they been available.Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nicola Pearson
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