Mikel Arteta forced to pull back fuming Arsenal set piece coach after Declan Rice corner routine goes wrong
MIKEL ARTETA had to restrain Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover after a corner kick routine went horribly wrong.
The incident occurred at the end of their 1-0 defeat to PSG in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
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With just a matter of seconds left on the clock, Declan Rice stood over a corner as the Gunners desperately scrambled for an equaliser.
Set-piece mastermind Jover walked out to the edge of his technical area and began to gesture towards his players.
Rice then whipped the ball in but a foul was given as Ben White nudged PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
It made Jover furious and he angrily confronted the fourth official, seemingly annoyed at a foul being called.
Arteta stepped in and had to pull him away from trouble.
The TV cameras cut back to the boss just ten seconds later and he had started his own row with the fourth official.
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