Arsenal wins Gabriel red card appeal

[James Bond]

Exactly right , they've acknowledge he is mediocre . It's basically the end of his career as a ref really .

Dont hold your breath.

 

[Banks]

Really liked how Gabriel stood up to Costa letting him know he is born and bred Brazillian . Hope this rivalry continues

 

[kenya]

There is too much double speak regarding this incident. And it's worse when it comes from fans. How do you say 'We are too soft, I wish we had a Keown or Vieira in this team to deal with Costa' and then in the same breath say ' Gabriel was stupid to get involved'. Gabriel tried to step up and defend his team mate just as Keown and Vieira would have. Or you think a trouble maker like Costa would just somehow change because he sees Keown on the pitch? If anything he would target Keown or Vieira knowing very well that they will retaliate. I don't blame Gabriel at all for this. Mike Dean is the only culprit here and the lifting of the ban so far shows it. I don't like that there is still an improper conduct charge hanging over Gabriel's head yet it was precipitated by the wrongful sending off.
The other double speak is from pundits. I have heard some even say that Kos should have gone to the ground so that the ref acts. What a load of crap. First off Kos is a defender and there was an attack in progress. Chelsea even made a shot on goal. Kos was slapped in the face but somehow still saw that a Chelsea player was about to shoot and Kos moved to try and block the shot. I find this very brave. If he had gone to ground clutching his face and Chelsea scored (which are situations we are very familiar with) some people would be slating him for going down during a dangerous attack. Well...interestingly Kos chose to go down when Costa bumped his chest in to him...and guess what...same pundits say he went down easy and was looking to get Costa booked. Let me just stop there.

 

[haha_arsenal]

Neville is a shitehawk as well. All he does is state the obvious and tell people what they want to hear, absolutely pointless pundit. Sky should be on their hands and knees, begging Gray to come back.

That's how the media works,

 

[WurzlSepp]

It is really kinda ridiculous. Why is there no video evidence!?
I think it is good that the wrong decisions were taken bsck, but what about the points...?
They would have never beaten us if costa got that red card.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

@GDeep

 

[SuperGoon]

The FA should ban Neville for 3 game weeks too. His constantly smug, up himself punditry is really starting to grate. Manc **** bastard.

I literally can't wait until United face the same problems as Arsenal did. Neville will change his tune quick enough.

 

[GoonerBoy19]

Really liked how Gabriel stood up to Costa letting him know he is born and bred Brazillian . Hope this rivalry continues

I like him as a player but he needs to control his aggression. He shouldn't have reacted too much and should have returned Costa the favour with some crushing tackles. Just see how Fernandinho gave Costa taste of his own medicine earlier this season. I am sure Gabriel will learn from this and improve. Also good to see that Costa will now be watched closely by FA and would get longer ban if he repeat this again.