Declan Rice has opened up on a ‘wonderful’ red card in Brighton art

Declan Rice has revealed his thoughts on the red card he was shown in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Brighton & Hove Albion at the Emirates. The England star was shown a yellow card in the first half for a late tackle, but was later penalized for a low tackle on Brighton’s Joel Veltman as play was stopped. Referee Chris Kavanagh immediately pulled out his cards, sending off the Arsenal player as the Gunners were forced to battle with just 10 men. The decision turned out to be costly for the hosts, as just moments later Joao Pedro was given an equal opportunity. Rice, who was sent off on Saturday for his first red card in his Premier League career, admitted he was surprised by the decision. Rice’s red was expensive for Arsenal / Ryan Pierse/GettyImages “I was surprised, I think you could see I was very surprised. Obviously he’s gone, I didn’t go back in front of him and break the ball. ‘I caught the ball with the outside of my foot Look, this is the law of the game.” If you touch the ball, even slightly, it’s obviously a red card, after my competition in the first half – which is a red card. I totally agree that it’s 50-50 that I didn’t win. But the second half, especially with being in the corner flag, they can’t really progress anywhere from there. It was tough, it was brutal, but it’s one of those things.” I just wanted to apologize to my teammates, what I did, and to the fans. I blame myself, and I was lucky that my teammates really helped me and we didn’t lose the game.” It’s not my nature to get red cards, so I’ll learn from it, I’ll see. I can be fine, and I’ll definitely be back.” Rice’s red card will see him miss north London’s first game of the season against Tottenham Hotspur on September 15. He will return in time to face reigning champions Manchester City. However, just over a week later at the stadium la Etihad READ ARSENAL INSIGHTS, TRANSFER MESSAGES & MISESES
#Declan #Rice #opened #wonderful #red #card #Brighton #art