Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he does not understand the use of pitch-side monitors in the Premier League after the decision to send off Eddie Nketiah in the 1-1 draw with Leicester.

Referee Chris Kavanagh initially showed Nketiah a yellow card for his high tackle on Justin James.

But after consulting with the VAR officials and viewing a replay himself, he changed this to red.

"In the last year I have never seen a referee check any images," said Arteta.

"I do not understand the rules. But I can do nothing now."

Arteta was also unhappy at a challenge by a Leicester player he felt should have resulted in a red card that he identified as happening between the 40th and 45th minute.

It is likely he was referring to a clash between Jamie Vardy and Shkodran Mustafi, in which the Foxes striker caught the defender in the face with his heel. This went unpunished.

"It can be a red card but then Leicester have to play with 10 men," Arteta told Sky Sports. "For an incident that happened between the 40th and 45th minute, it has to be a red card as well."

In January this year, the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, the body that manages elite referees, issued guidance that referees should start using pitchside monitors for red card decisions where it is felt they should have the final say.

Prior to that, the only time the monitors have been used in 2019-20 is by Michael Oliver in an FA Cup third-round tie between Crystal Palace and Derby County.

As a result, he upgraded a yellow card for Palace's Luka Milivojevic to a red.

This approach has not been witnessed often since then, with the most notable occasion coming in the game between Southampton and Newcastle in March, when referee Graham Scott upgraded Moussa Djenepo's yellow to a red after consulting the pitchside monitor.

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In all honesty, that was a clear red card, even though admittedly the player was clearly trying to play the ball, but it was a high tackle and the studs were showing

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really felt for gunners for dropping points after such a superb game..
bt pls mr Arteta dnt wori too much, jus gather ur team and prepare for the next game because the league is too hot and in a rush and there is no time to lick ur wounds..
V.a.r had been the story of the season and coaches are getting tired of complaining abt it, u can call ask ask pep, mourinho and even d entire barca board..
what i have learned abt var is dt, it is good for the game when it decides in your favor and keeps helping you like Liverpool and madrid currently and its bad for the game when it goes against ur favour and keeps helping ur rivals just like pep, Barcelona board and mourinho are complaining.... but i still think technology isnt needed dt much in soccer and its spoiling d beautiful game..

If it's not luiz seeing red it's xhaka. If it's not Xhaka it's another player..

Arsenal players like to frustrate their coach.

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But una sey Arteta dey talk anyhow sha?


That's a clear red card. This madam Mukina manager dey do anyhow sometimes sha.

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He no get am again

No wonder arsenal failed to qualify for the champions league, their coach is a clueless buffoon.

Try and learn the rules Sir so that you'll know how to break them properly

It's really disheartening after putting in every effort to see that your team gets a good result and something or someone out of no where shatters that plan

I'm an arsenal fan and I watched the match
Once I saw the replay, even without being told, will definitely issue a red to Nketiah if I'm the referee

We just have to pick it up from there and focus on the next game, shit happens

It was a red card offence, but the issue is VAR officiating have not been consistent. So many controversial decisions over the season(Either the VAR officials fail to look into the incident or decide to stay on with the on pitch referee decision) example is Maguire tackle against Chelsea vs Son tackle against Chelsea, same tackle but different VAR response.

The name of the team is Arsenal and you think the players won't pose dangerous physical threats

koga Var was right that was a nasty challenge but var got it all wrong with harry kane disallowed goal against Sheffield united.

We fans are yet to know the rules that say Nketiah and Willock must feature in all Arsenal's game.
Are these guys community boys playing community quota?
We played two men down immediately Arteta introduced Nketiah and Willock.

I see

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Well, he has to learn the hard way
Arsenal are way off their game...

logon599:
In all honesty, that was a clear red card, even though admittedly the player was clearly trying to play the ball, but it was a high tackle and the studs were showing

and the studs were not clear on Mustaffi's face ba?

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which sitting comfortably,

logon599:
In all honesty, that was a clear red card, even though admittedly the player was clearly trying to play the ball, but it was a high tackle and the studs were showing

I would have agreed with you if only vardy was booked when he hit Mustafi. Also, Vardy pushed a defender in the 2nd half and it wasn't awarded? He didn't book Iheanacho for his foul on Ceballos? Then don't book anybody! He was a poor ref! It was the right back that pushed Tierney off the ball and that wasn't a card too?

You still have Liverpool to play

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kavanagh display unprofessionalism....
if that innocent boy should be sent off for an unintentional mistake he commit, then verdy should be banned and isolated with covid19 patient for nearly damaging Mustafi eyes...

VAR and its troubles.