Gabriel Martinelli reveals ‘broken leg’ fear ahead of Real Madrid v Arsenal game
Gabriel Martinelli claims he could’ve suffere a ‘broken leg’ ahead of Arsenal’s clash at Real Madrid after a challenge from Christian Norgaard.
The incident occurre in the first half of Arsenal’s 1-1 Premier League เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา draw against Brentford on Saturday, which left Mikel Arteta absolutely furious.
Martinelli was choppe down by Norgaard in a flying scissor challenge from the. Brentford captain but the Dane was only shown a yellow card.
Arsenal manager Arteta was left angry at the decision protesting towards the fourth official. With the Spaniard adamant that it should’ve a red.
The challenge was checke by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), who rule that the yellow card from referee Simon Hooper was sufficient.
Martinelli, though, believes he could have seriously hurt as he expresse. His frustration in a post-match interview with.
‘I didn’t see [it] again but in the moment, if my foot was on the floor, he could break my leg,’ the Brazilian said.
‘He [Norgaard] said he didn’t mean it. I believe him but still he could have broke my leg.
‘For me it was red [card]. I need to see it again to be sure. But for me it was nasty.’
Arsenal boss Arteta provide a coy response when aske about the challenge post-match as the Spaniard said: ‘My reaction says everything.’
Brentford boss Thomas Frank, meanwhile, adde: ‘That’s his (Martinelli’s) opinion. I thought it was a strong yellow.’
Football pundit Jamie Redknapp said: ‘Very rarely do you see a red card for this but it’s not a great tackle and one that can hurt players.
‘I got a very bad injury for someone doing that exact same tackle. On me as you can get your leg caught and twist your knee. That’s never a red card so we can’t start asking for them now.
‘Mikel Arteta should be more frustrate about his team not winning the game than about the tackle. It seems like he thinks there’s a conspiracy against him and his team – there isn’t. That’s just the way it goes.
‘It’s a tackle that long-term we have to look at though.