Former Premier League official Dermot Gallagher defended the decision to give Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka a yellow card, as he believed the former Gunners’ captain had it coming. Xhaka was given his sixth yellow card of the season during Mikel Arteta’s side’s 1-0 away victory over Aston Villa.
He was disciplined by referee Andy Madley after a foul on Aston Villa midfielder Emiliano Buendia. Except the nature of the incident seemed to be very minimal, thus making the decision a very harsh one.
But shortly after Madley went to his pocket, Xhaka became incensed after the referee reportedly explained that he had been disciplined as he had already made several fouls - his challenge on Buendia was his first foul of the contest. But Gallagher, who did not appear to realise it was his first foul, supported his former colleague’s decision.
