Nicolas Pepe sees red as Arsenal hold Leeds United in a 0-0 draw

Arsenal managed to play almost 40 minutes with 10 men after Nicholas Pepe was shown a red card in a 0-0 draw with Leeds United on Sunday.

Pepe did not impress Mikel Arteta on his second Premier League start with his attitude after retaliating to some goading by Ezgjan Alioski by shoving his head into the defender’s face.

Referee Antony Taylor did not spot the incident but a VAR review meant Pepe was given his marching orders, rendering his side, handicapped.

Leeds should have taken maximum points, striking the woodwork three times with Rodrigo, Patrick Bamford and Raphinha all going close for the White Roses.

Arsenal could have stolen the victory but Bukayo Saka could not take advantage of being put through one-on-one with Illan Meslier.

Arsenal has now failed to score from open play in their last 476 mins of Premier League football – their only goal in the last five league games was Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s penalty in the 1-0 win over Manchester United.

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Nicolas Pepe sees red as Arsenal hold Leeds United in a 0-0 draw

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