Arsenal fans rage ‘it’s laughable’ as Chelsea star Tosin escapes red card against Liverpool for ‘same foul’ as Saliba
ANGRY Arsenal fans claim Chelsea’s Tosin Adarabioyo escaped a red card for an identical foul to William Saliba’s sending-off 24 hours earlier.
Adarabioyo ended Diogo Jota’s surge through at Liverpool – just like Gunners’ defender Saliba did when halting Evanilson at Bournemouth on Saturday.
But referee John Brooks only dished out a yellow card to the Blues‘ defender – a decision blasted as “laughable” by many Arsenal supporters.
One fan claimed: “No different to Saliba‘s red card yesterday, but no VAR intervention. Why? Jota was away on goal.”
Another posted: “Saliba got a red for the exact same thing yesterday?”
A third argued: “If Tosin isn’t worried that Jota is in, he wouldn’t foul him. It’s a stonewall red.”
And a fourth added: “The refs in this country are a joke.”
But supporters of other clubs hit back – insisting there was a CLEAR difference between the two incidents in the middle of the pitch.
They reckon Saliba was definitely the last man – whereas Adarabioyo’s team-mate Levi Colwill might have been able to catch Jota.
One fan wrote: “Saliba was the last man, Tosin would get a red if Colwill wasn’t in close proximity. He got bailed out by Colwill.”
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Another said: “Colwill close enough, Saliba was on his own.”
And a third was even more blunt: “Teammate proximity, Never a red.”
It was Colwill who soon brought down Curtis Jones, enabling Mo Salah to slot Liverpool in front against the tide of play with a 29th-minute penalty.
That sparked the Reds’ best spell, with Cody Gakpo having a tap-in goal ruled out as his supplier Salah was ruled offside.
And in first-half stoppage time Liverpool had a second spot-kick award scrubbed out.
Brooks looked at a pitchside monitor and reversed his verdict that keeper Robert Sanchez had tripped Jones.