What Declan Rice did at full-time to show true Arsenal feelings on red card controversy
Declan Rice held nothing back moments after the final whistle of Arsenal's 1-0 Premier League victory over Wolves. Riccardo Calafiori, who replaced Ethan Nwaneri following Myles Lewis-Skelly's sending off, scored the winner with a sweeping left-footed effort.
As there was only one goal at Molineux, the major talking point surrounded Michael Oliver as both teams ended the clash with 10 men. In the first half, Lewis-Skelly was shown a controversial red card for a late challenge on Matt Doherty that was deemed reckless.
In the 70th minute, Joao Gomes was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Jurrien Timber with the winner from Calafiori arriving just four minutes later. After the game, Arteta was unsurprisingly asked about the red cards with his verdict on Lewis-Skelly telling of what he thinks will happen next.
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"I think it's that obvious that we don't need any comments today," he admitted in a press conference. "Hopefully the right thing will happen after today and we don't need to [appeal the red card]. If we have to, it's a really good precedent with what happened with Bruno [Fernandes vs Tottenham] this season. Hopefully.
"Ok we were in a position we shouldn't have been in, at least let's be in a position that we should be in for the next few weeks and allow our player to continue to do his job." Given the task that faced Arsenal, to come away with all three points was a testament to their abilities and fighting spirit.
Though the three points did not see any ground made up on Liverpool, with the league leaders beating Ipswich 4-1, the context of the triumph made it that much more important. And Rice made that abundantly clear with his reaction in front of the away end which was captured by the club's cameras.
After taking his shirt off, the midfielder ran over to the thousands of travelling supporters inside Molineux before handing his match-worn top to a young Arsenal fan. Gabriel then did similar but instead just threw his shirt into the crowd.
David Raya was also spotted at the end of the video with just a base layer on as he applauded the support provided to him and his teammates before heading back towards the tunnel.