Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta claims Jamie Vardy should have been sent off long before late equaliser

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Tom Dutton8 July 2020

Mikel Arteta claims Jamie Vardy shouldn't have been on the pitch to deny Arsenal victory in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with Leicester.

The Gunners looked on course for a fourth straight Premier League win after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring and the home side then created a string of chances to kill off the game.

Instead they had to settle for a 1-1 draw as Vardy scored with six minutes remaining, soon after Arsenal had been reduced to 10 men following the dismissal of Eddie Nketiah.

The Arsenal forward had only been on the pitch for four minutes when referee Chris Kavanagh showed him a red after reviewing a foul on James Justin using his pitchside monitor.

Arteta was unhappy that goalscorer Vardy escaped a red card late in the first half after he caught Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi with a stray boot.

"I have my opinion, I prefer to keep it like this," he said.

"What I am saying is if you review incidents of that type you should review them all.

"If Eddie's is a red card then for sure the other is a red card.

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"If (Nketiah) can be a red card then Leicester has to play with 10 men after 42 minutes - that has to be a red card as well."

Additional reporting by PA

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