Flitty red card hopes

The skipper was given his marching orders at Highbury as Rovers went on to inflict Arsenal’s first home defeat of the campaign, yet the red card seemed a tad harsh.

The first booking was for a minor tussle, and the second for a lunge on Ljungberg where he clearly won the ball.

The incident happened right in front of the dugout and Souness was in no doubt that it shouldn’t have been a sending off.

“The gaffer says that I’ve won the ball and we are going to look at it and hope that the referee can show a bit of honesty and change his decision.

One of Bergkamp's cleaner challenges

Meanwhile Dennis Bergkamp could have landed himself in bother for stamping on Nils Eric Johansson.

The Dutchman escaped the ref’s attention when he kicked and stood on Johansson, who was on the floor, but the telly cameras picked it up and he could soon be in the dock facing a three game ban.