This was only Nicolas Pepe’s second Premier League start of the season despite arriving with that £72million price tag in the summer of 2019.
Arsenal’s club-record signing could have used this opportunity to launch his campaign.
Instead, his unprofessional behaviour put his team under pressure and, in the end, manager Mikel Arteta had to be satisfied with earning an away point with 10 men.
This is a team that are rebuilding under Arteta. I was impressed with some of the fighting spirit on show.
The way Kieran Tierney was trying to have a word with Leeds United’s Ezgjan Alioski at full-time — the player he saw as the protagonist in Pepe’s sending off — showed impressive fighting spirit.