Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett has explained why ‘careless’ William Saliba deserved to be sent off during Arsenal’s defeat to Bournemouth. Mikel Arteta’s side finally surrendered their unbeaten start to the season at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday evening.
Second-half goals from Ryan Christie and Justin Kluivert secured the Cherries all three points; however, the main talking point of the game arrived in the first when Saliba was shown a straight red card for bringing down Evanilson close to the centre circle. The incident occurred following a poor pass from Leandro Trossard.
There was plenty of debate online about whether the centre-back deserved to be given his marching orders. However, Hackett, writing in The Telegraph, has detailed why the Frenchman was correctly shown a straight red card.
