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'If Eddie is a red card for sure the other is': Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta FUMES after Jamie Vardy avoids sending off for kicking Shkodran Mustafi in the head... before Nketiah was given his marching orders to swing game back in Leicester's favour

Mikel Arteta claimed Jamie Vardy should not have been on the pitch to deny ten-man Arsenal victory over Leicester with a late equaliser at the Emirates.

Arsenal head coach Arteta insisted Vardy should have been dismissed for kicking Shkodran Mustafi in the head as he fell following a first-half challenge between the pair.

Vardy escaped punishment, with the incident seemingly deemed accidental by referee Chris Kavanagh and not reviewed by VAR.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was fuming after Vardy avoided a red card after first half incident
The Leicester striker kickedu00a0Shkodran Mustafi in the face after falling over with defender

The Leicester striker kicked Shkodran Mustafi in the face after falling over with defender

It appeared that Vardy didn't mean to catch his studs in his face and was not punished

Arteta then saw his own striker, Eddie Nketiah, sent off in the 75th minute for a slightly mistimed challenge on James Justin following a lengthy Stockley Park review and pitchside monitor check from Kavanagh, just four minutes after coming off the bench.