Leandro Trossard told his Arsenal teammates he didn’t hear referee Michael Oliver’s whistle before he was controversially sent off during Sunday’s 2-2 Premier League draw against Manchester City . Having fallen behind to Erling Haaland’s early goal, Mikel Arteta’s side quickly capitalised on an injury to City’s midfield linchpin Rodri , and looked like they would head into the half-time interval firmly in the ascendancy. Goals from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel Magalhaes put the Gunners ahead but the momentum firmly shifted back in favour of the home side when Trossard was given his marching orders for kicking the ball away after he had been adjudged to have fouled Bernardo Silva.
It was the second time in recent weeks that an Arsenal player had been sent off in that fashion after Declan Rice was given a second yellow card for a near identical infringement against Brighton. Trossard, however, was adamant, according to the Mirror , that he had not heard Oliver blow up and was instead focused on aiming a pass in the direction of Gabriel Martinelli. Without the versatile forward, Arsenal battled gamely and were only denied what would’ve been an astonishing victory by a late, late John Stones goal.
Trossard will miss tomorrow night’s Carabao Cup tie against Bolton but will be eligible to face Southampton on Saturday after serving a one-game ban. Arteta defended Trosssard after an incident-packed game but City were unhappy with Arsenal’s tactics which led to Ber.