It was another away day to forget for Arsenal as they were beaten 3-0 by Leicester City at the King Power Stadium yesterday (Sunday).
Unai Emery's men lost a third Premier League game in a row as they were well beaten by the Foxes, with their cause not helped by the dismissal of Ainsley Maitland-Niles in the first half, when the score was 0-0.
Maitland-Niles was sent off for a second bookable offence after a challenge on Leicester's James Maddison, although Sky Sports pundits Graeme Souness and Alex Scott felt the Arsenal man was unfortunate to be shown a second yellow card.
And former Premier League referee Mark Halsey has echoed those thoughts, adding that the Leicester man's reaction was "poor."
"Ainsley Maitland-Niles was very unlucky to be sent off - and James Maddison can feel responsible," Halsey said in a column for The Sun .
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"Maddison's reaction was poor as Maitland-Niles made no contact with his England U21 team-mate, but earned a second yellow card.
"In real time it looks worse than it is, I would have managed that and given him a final warning. But you can understand why Maitland-Niles received his first caution as it was a careless challenge and denied Leicester a promising attack.
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"It wasn't an easy game for Michael Oliver to referee as both sets of players were niggly."
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