Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino has accused Moisés Caicedo of a horrible challenge at Stamford Bridge. This comes after the Chelsea midfielder was given a red card for a first-half foul on the Arsenal forward during Sunday’s 1-1 draw.
According to him, he knew immediately that the challenge would lead to a red card for Caicedo because it was a really bad tackle.
Merino, however, added that he expected a game filled with crunch challenges because it has always been a passionate derby.
His words, “I felt my ankle go all the way, but luckily I have very mobile ankles and body. I wasn’t concerned about my safety, but obviously I knew it was a horrible challenge and it was going to be a red card straightaway.
It’s a London derby so it’s always passionate. The red card tackle was harsh and a really tough one. What you expect in this league and what you expect in this ground, this is a grown up game and you’ve got to step up in this game.”
Asked whether Caicedo had apologised or spoken to him after the challenge, he added, “No. Nothing.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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