MOTD & Ian Wright EXPLAIN Declan Rice's RED CARD vs Brighton | Post Match Studio Analysis 2024/25

yeah it was a a huge turning point in the game because arsenal were quite comfortable at that point this is a yellow I think we all agree um late just catches him same two players again and then here when it starts um kind of all a bit what's going on who's done what initially I thought that you know he's just lashed out and kicked Ean rice and then when you see it he's making out that he kicked him because he's trying to clear the ball I don't quite believe that but Norther do I Ball's rolling as well so you can't take a free kick when the ball is rolling but let's deal with de R second yellow the letter of law it's it's a second booking he's he's kicked it out of Play He's G the referee no choice and the referee makes the decision I think this is I think this is another classic example where football has lost its mind sending for people getting a red card for fcking a ball about 12 in second yellow which still means he goes off well this is this is the inconsistency one now you and I both know what we all know he's booted the ball away and he already knows how play a yellow car what the officials would say that there's no whistle the player benefit the doubt cuz he could have been trying to keep it in play whatever the fact is that's a yellow and that's where the anger comes because it's inconsistent I think Dean deserved the second yellow unlike him he he deserved it technically but you could see Chris caver giving him the yellow card he knew he was technically he needed to give that but in the back of his in the back of his mind you can see I don't want to give this yellow but rules are rules vman's very lucky by he could have been sent off for that that wasn't him play taking a free kick let's get that clear absolutely when you look at the referee and some of the decisions he made you know what I mean I think I I think this referee's got main character energy anyway but at the same time you know when people are kicking the ball away in the first half and you're not booking and you know then you kind of do feel a little bit grieved by that so this is why I think that everybody was so upset that challenge yes you look at it and you feel there's no studs showing no you know it's it's one of those challenges genuine attempt for the ball but you get booked for that and then obviously you know again with this one with everything what's going on Dean here we know what he's he's doing here but like you look at veltman and what he's doing there veltman is trying to get him booked veltman's got no one to pass this ball too right he's got look he knows he's there look he's got no one to pass it to he's not even looking at the ball velman knows exactly what he's doing there those are the things as well what the V have to look at he knows what he's doing he's trying to get him booked and sent off man but does Dean Rice have to kick the ball no Dean rice doesn't have to TI but at the same time Dean is is is is playing the game but so he's veltman so you can recognize what Dean's doing but then when not supposed to recognize what veltman's doing he's not actually trying to pass that to anyone he's not looking at the ball he's acting like he's going to do it so that if it hits Dean Dean gets booked declan's off and that's what happened but this is what was made clear to all 20 Premier League signers this season yeah from the referees and the assistants is you have to retreat and you can't get involved in a set piece in the way that he did right so for not retreating now look he knew this and you can almost see the way Chris kaver almost apologetically gave that second yellow it was all you could you could see the look in his face which was to say look you all know this Rule now this season that's what this is what's going to happen you you can see him you can see him doing that but then if we're going to be doing stuff like that and people kicking ball away then do that in the first half to to Xiao Pedro book him the ball went out of play and he still blasted the ball away then do that as well I don't care about apologetic face and that just if you're going to play it R which I thought he done today I thought he done everything you think well yeah he's got to probably do that he's got then do it properly all the way through the game that's why the Arsenal fans got the YP today all consistency I think that's what WR is alluding to there is that if you are going to send Dean rice off and Dean rice will look back at that and go I've made a mistake here although V wasn't playing the ball but if you see these inces in the first half and you do nothing about it then you're going to expect criticism because we want all people want with v there's no issue with v it's just consistency across the board so not one decision is different to another decision if they're both kicking the ball away and I think that's where the Arsenal fans certainly today are getting angry because they're like well hold on we've seen that first half but then you send you can wait to get the the second yellow out for de but but saying that with the Arsenal fans as well I think you can hear in in the in the stadium there's a little bit impatience in respect of attacking them you've got to recognize like I say sometime in the game where you think we we've got to get a point we've got to make sure we get a point of what you've got absolutely they made some very good substitutions in niso adinga coming on very dangerous players Pedro already on there causing problems so you want to make sure you don't lose the game and that is why I thought in the end the point is a very very good point you have to take it [Music]