Arsenal saw red twice against Wolves and one of the incidents had pundits rolling their eyes
Arsenal may have been entitled to feel aggrieved after being reduced to 10 men against Wolves on Tuesday night, but they could have little complaint about their second red card.
As Mikel Arteta’s side fought to claw back a 2-1 deficit, goalkeeper Bernd Leno inexplicably raced off his line and handled the ball outside his box.
The German was duly sent off by referee Craig Pawson, and the bizarre moment had Rio Ferdinand scratching his head.
The former Manchester United and Leeds defender condemned Leno as he reviewed the incident on BT Sport.
Ferdinand said: “With Leno, there are zero excuses for him.
“He’s misjudged the bounce of the ball and then from there it’s just comedy.”
Alongside him was former Tottenham and Chelsea man Glenn Hoddle, who attempted to shed some light on the keeper’s thinking.
The one-time England manager said: “He was in two minds and what was going through his mind I don’t think anyone will know. But he’s just got to play safe, he’s the last man, he always is as a goalie.
“Head it out, knock it out with your chest, do something.
“He’s got caught in two minds and it was disastrous for Arsenal because they should have wrapped the game up in the first half an hour.”
Arsenal had taken a first-half lead through an outstanding goal from Nicolas Pepe, but the home side levelled the scores deep into injury time at the end of the first 45 thanks to a penalty from Ruben Neves.
David Luiz was controversially shown a straight red for bringing down Willian Jose, and four minutes after the break Joao Moutinho won the game with a magnificent strike from long-range.
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