The fallout from Arsenal's 1-1 draw against Leicester City continues.
In particular, the debate surrounding whether or not Jamie Vardy should have still been on the pitch to haunt the Gunners once again on Tuesday night.
Speaking after the game, Mikel Arteta was adamant that the Foxes striker's challenge on Shkodran Mustafi in the first-half warranted a red card as he spoke about the decision to send off Eddie Nketiah for his tackle on James Justin.
Replays showed Vardy catching Mustafi right in the face with his boot as the pair fell to the ground following an aerial duel, but the former wasn't punished.
Much to the surprise of the Gunners head coach.
"The red card decision, you have to know this is a young kid. It can be a red card, but then Leicester have to play with 10 men after 42 minutes," Arteta told Sky Sports.
"For one challenge between 40 and 45 minutes, it has to be a red card as well. I don’t understand the rules.
"Since I’ve been in this country, I’ve never seen a referee go and check any of the images (on the screen). It’s the rules, I can do nothing now."
But what did Mustafi think of the challenge and the decision not to send Vardy off?
Well, the Arsenal defender has broken his silence on the incident with a simple three-word message on Instagram.
Replying to a @433 post which showed the stud marks on the side of his face, Mustafi said: "VAR still checking," with a straight face emoji.
Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp had some sympathy with Arteta and Mustafi, but insisted only Vardy knows the truth about the incident.
This is only one where Jamie Vardy can tell us if he’s meant to do him or not. It looks really nasty," he told Sky Sports. "They’ve obviously looked at it and thought that he hasn’t meant to do it.
"When you play football, you see legs and you see bodies. I don’t think I’ve ever played with a player that really wants to kick someone in the face.
"When you’re on the pitch, that doesn’t really enter your mind. I’d like to think he doesn’t mean it.
"But I can see what Mikel Arteta is saying because it looks really dangerous and he’s caught him in the face with his studs.”
