Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta bemoans ‘inconsistency’ after Declan Rice’s controversial red card

Mikel Arteta bemoans 'inconsistency' after Declan Rice's red card in Arsenal draw  Football on TNT Sports

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00:00We started the second half really good, the first few moments, getting momentum, and then

00:04obviously it's that decision that changes the game completely.

00:06I think the fans in the stadium were stunned at Declan Rice's sending off. What explanation

00:12have you been given for the red card?

00:15No, none, like always.

00:18Reading what was given to us by the Match Centre, it was a second yellow card for delaying

00:24a restart. Are you satisfied with that, considering how much it can change a game?

00:29If that happens throughout the game in a consistent way, that's fine. But it didn't happen in

00:33the first half. There are a number of occasions where they kicked the ball away, nothing happened.

00:37So it's inconsistency, especially because as well it's in an area that is not critical,

00:42and on top of that, if you make that call, then you have to give a red card as well.

00:46Does it feel like a bigger blow as well to lose a player of Declan Rice's quality and

00:51how much that can actually change the game?

00:53Well, they have to play with ten. If we had to play with ten, they had to play with ten

00:56because then it's a red card on Bellman.