EPL News: Manchester City to appeal, Arsenal accept punishment
Arsene Wenger has said he has no plans of appealing against the red card Bacary Sagna received in Wednesday’s encounter against Manchester City. Meanwhile, City manager Roberto Mancini says he will contest the red card shown to Pablo Zabaleta during the
same incident.
Sagna saw red after he headbutted City’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Zabaleta-c29022, giving the referee no choice but to send the defender for an early shower. Curiously, Zabaleta was also dismissed for retaliating, even though replays suggested that the Argentinean was not at fault.
Roberto Mancini has made clear his intentions of appealing the decision. The Italian insisted after the match that the sending off was harsh. Speaking on Zabaleta’s situation, assistant manager Brian Kidd said, “We are a little bit disappointed with that
decision. We are looking at it and will make a decision about whether to appeal before the deadline. It was very harsh.”
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that he will not contest Sagna’s red card. The Frenchman said, “I have seen it again and there is no way we can appeal. For me it is a red card and we have to accept it. Bacary lost his temper and had too strong a reaction.
He acknowledges that he should have kept control. We will not appeal.”
Manchester City came to the Emirates on Wednesday aiming for a 0-0 draw. Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323’s men were content to sit back and defend for the duration of the match. Arsenal came close to breaking the deadlock on numerous occasions, hitting the woodwork three
times during the match.
In the final minutes, the Gunners laid siege to Joe Hart’s goal in the hopes of getting a breakthrough, but some dogged defending by the Citizens kept them at bay. Arsenal’s frustration finally boiled over in the 90th minute when a touchline row
between http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bacary-Sagna-c7148 and Pablo Zabaleta quickly turned ugly.
Referee Mike Jones showed straight red cards for violent conduct to both players, meaning that they will miss the next three matches for their respective clubs.
Zabaleta will miss games against Leicester, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 and Aston Villa, while Sagna will be unavailable for Arsenal’s matches against Leeds, Ipswich and West Ham.
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