Dermot Gallagher delivers verdict on whether Trey Nyoni should’ve been sent off vs Arsenal

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Nyoni did not deserve a red card vs Arsenal There would certainly have been a few hearts in mouths from Liverpool supporters when they saw the slow-motion replays of Nyoni’s tackle on Odegaard. We have to be very, very mindful that sometimes it’s just a foul.

You don’t have to issue a yellow or red card for every challenge that’s a foul. We have to be mindful that we sanitise the game if every time you commit a foul it’s going to be a yellow or red card.” Some Arsenal fans have been quick to compare Nyoni’s tackle to the one which saw Xavi Simons’ given a straight red card for a foul on Virgil van Dijk at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last season.

“100 per cent no [that Simons’ red card was a mistake], it’s not the same tackle,” he said. “He [Simons] doesn’t do it deliberately, he doesn’t do it mindfully, it’s a complete accident, I get that, but it’s a consequence that he’s chased him 10, 15 yards across the pitch, that’s where he’s gained his momentum.”