EPL: Won't appeal Arteta's red card, says Arsenal's Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger won’t appeal Mikel Arteta’s red card

Arsene Wenger said that he won’t appeal Mikel Arteta‘s red card if it is only a one match ban.

Arteta received the red card for allegedly impeding Marouane Chamakh, and the referee deemed that it was a goal scoring opportunity even though they were 35 yards away from goal. Being the last man, Arteta was given the marching orders.

Wenger said, “We have a good ground to appeal. If he is only suspended for one game, I won’t do it because he is suspended for Tuesday night and anyway I would not have played him, but it was more this game that was at stake that you worry about.

It was the wrong decision because it has to be a good goalscoring opportunity. He was far from goal, it was an accidental foul, he was not the last man. I think the referee got that one wrong and after that we dealt well with the situation.”