On February 11, Beijing time, the 24th round of the Premier League, Arsenal beat Wolves 1-0 away, but Martinelli received a yellow card in just 5 seconds and was finally sent off by a red card! It was very speechless.
The incident occurred in the 69th minute, when Arsenal led 1-0. Martinelli controlled the ball on the left side of the front, and after being kicked out of the bottom line by the opponent, he first pushed Bodens directly down, and then ran all the way to catch up with Semedo with the ball, knocking him down from behind!
The referee on duty, Oliver, quickly blew the whistle, pulled out a yellow card, and pointed to the place where the two fouls occurred, the meaning is obvious: one yellow card at a time, two yellows turn into one red, and the Brazilian winger is sent off!
Martinelli is still very puzzled by this, but the penalty of accumulating two yellows is very appropriate and not excessive, and Arteta on the coaching bench is also helpless. Fortunately, Arsenal, who fought with one less man, finally held the score of 1-0 and took three points away from home.
According to the data, Martinelli is the fifth player in Arsenal to receive a red card this season! In the last 6 games, four have been red, the first 3 against Gabriel of Manchester City and against Liverpool's Xhaka and Thomas.
And since Arteta took office in December 2019, Arsenal have received 15 ruby cards! There are 3 each for David Luiz and Xhaka, 2 for Gabriel, and 1 each for Aubameyang, Nketiah, Pepe, Leno, Ceballos, Thomas and Martinelli.