Arsenal fans rage ‘it’s laughable’ as Chelsea escape red card against Liverpool

ANGRY Arsenal fans claim Chelsea's Tosin Adarabioyo escaped a red card for an identical foul to William Saliba's sending-off 24 hours earlier.

Adarabioyo ended Diogo Jota's surge through at Liverpool - just like Gunners' defender Saliba did when halting Evanilson at Bournemouth on Saturday.

But referee John Brooks only dished out a yellow card to the Blues' defender - a decision blasted as "laughable" by many Arsenal supporters.

One fan claimed: "No different to Saliba's red card yesterday, but no VAR intervention. Why? Jota was away on goal."

Another posted: "Saliba got a red for the exact same thing yesterday?"

A third argued: "If Tosin isn’t worried that Jota is in, he wouldn’t foul him. It's a stonewall red."

And a fourth added: "The refs in this country are a joke."

But supporters of other clubs hit back - insisting there was a CLEAR difference between the two incidents in the middle of the pitch.

They reckon Saliba was definitely the last man - whereas Adarabioyo's team-mate Levi Colwill might have been able to catch Jota.

One fan wrote: "Saliba was the last man, Tosin would get a red if Colwill wasn't in close proximity. He got bailed out by Colwill."

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Another said: "Colwill close enough, Saliba was on his own."

And a third was even more blunt: "Teammate proximity, Never a red."

It was Colwill who soon brought down Curtis Jones, enabling Mo Salah to slot Liverpool in front against the tide of play with a 29th-minute penalty.

That sparked the Reds' best spell, with Cody Gakpo having a tap-in goal ruled out as his supplier Salah was ruled offside.

And in first-half stoppage time Liverpool had a second spot-kick award scrubbed out.

Brooks looked at a pitchside monitor and reversed his verdict that keeper Robert Sanchez  had tripped Jones.