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CHRIS SUTTON: Football needs to wise up...David Luiz playing on after sickening clash of heads with Raul Jimenez shows that concussion subs need to come in NOW

What a shambles. How uncomfortable was it watching David Luiz play on after such a sickening clash of heads with Raul Jimenez?

That happened inside the first five minutes. The fact he was then removed at half-time told us everything we needed to know about player welfare in the Premier League. The impact resulted in Jimenez being put on a stretcher and taken to hospital. Luiz was hit with the same force, yet he was allowed to continue.

Arsenal staff no doubt asked the Brazilian: ‘You OK? How many fingers am I holding up?