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Arsene Wenger defends Mathieu Flamini despite two-footed lunge

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended Mathieu Flamini for his challenge last night that saw him receive a straight red card, despite it being a two-footed tackle which is forbidden in today’s game.

With the game tied at 2-2 and with 10-minutes on the clock, the holding-midfielder threw himself into a challenge with Morgan Schneiderlin and rightfully got shown a red-card, however, after the game, Wenger defended his player and said that the rules should be changed back to how they were in the old days.

Wenger believes if a player gets the ball, then it should be classed as a fair tackle, and he believes Flamini did get the ball, despite being off the floor when doing so.

‘To me it looked harsh,’ Wenger said. ‘He got the ball. At some stage we all have all the feet off the ground.

‘If you say every time a guy makes two-footed tackle its red, he deserved a red. If you say it was a violent tackle, I would say no.

‘We went down to 10 men and we at least went home with a point.

The Frenchman will now miss the next four-games which will damage Arsenal’s title-push, especially after it was confirmed that Aaron Ramsey has suffered a setback in his return.

‘Aaron Ramsey is out for longer than we expected as he had a little setback yesterday in training so I couldn’t bring him here,” Wenger confirmed.

‘It is the same muscle. He felt it a bit again so we have to be cautious this time.’

Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles

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