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Arsenal’s poor discipline cost Mikel Arteta’s men again as the nine-man Gunners were beaten 2-1 at Wolves on Tuesday to stop their charge against the Premier League’s top four.
Arsenal defender David Luiz was controversially sent off in the first half after Willian Jose fell into the box on the half-time strike and Ruben Neves converted to call off Nicolas Pepe’s opener .
Moutinho doubled the advantage in the 49th minute with a long raging goal on the first draw, before Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno was sent off in the 72nd minute.
Leno’s red card came after a VAR check ruled he had handled the ball outside his crease during a clearance attempt.
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Arsenal have now received nine red cards since Arteta took over in December 2019, three times more than any other Premier League club.
A well-deserved win for the Wolves ended an eight-game winless streak and takes them 12 points ahead of the relegation zone.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s men also completed a first league brace against Arsenal in 42 years.
The Wolves’ victory in the Emirates in November was bittersweet as they lost talismanic striker Raul Jimenez to a broken skull.
The Mexican hasn’t played since and the lack of goals saw Wolves crumble.
Another bad night seemed to be in store for the hosts as Pepe pushed his way through two challenges before shooting into the far corner in the 32nd minute.
Jose was brought in from Real Sociedad last month to soften the effect of Jimenez’s absence and made his first revealing contribution for Wolves when Luiz came under heavy trial for tripping the Brazilian as he burst in in the penalty area.
Neves coldly slipped the resulting penalty into the top corner with the last kick of the first half.
Moutinho then completed the comeback with his first goal at Molineux in three years at the club.
Leno’s blood rush to the head 18 minutes from the time means he will miss the trip to Aston Villa on Saturday.
However, the damage to Arsenal’s Champions League football chances via the league appears to be already done as they remain 10th, eight points behind fourth-placed Leicester after playing one more game.
Sam Allardyce’s record of never being relegated as Premier League manager is in serious jeopardy after West Brom took a lead to lose 2-1 at the bottom of the Sheffield United table.
Matt Phillips tapped the home from close range to give the Baggies the lead shortly before halftime.
However, the Blades kept their chances of survival low thanks to goals from Jayden Bogle and Billy Sharp.
Sheffield United near a point from West Brom and 10 survival with just their third league win of the season.
79 SECOND RED CARD FOR THE BEGINNER OF SO’TON
Manchester United are in charge at Old Trafford in the late game against Southampton after the visitors jumped to 10 men in just 79 seconds.
Alex Jankewitz was making his first Premier League start when a wave of blood saw him launch into a challenge on Scott McTominay’s studs.
Jankewitz is only the fourth player in Premier League history to be sent off within two minutes of starting a game.
Manchester United was quick to take full advantage of it, scoring four first-half goals in the game’s opening 40 minutes.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka opened the scoring in the 18th minute before the Red Devils doubled their advantage after a neat finish from Marcus Rashford.
A homeward goal from Jan Bednarek made it 3-0 after 34 minutes before Edison Cavani came home five minutes later.
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