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MARK CLATTENBURG: Man City's Mateo Kovacic could have seen red not once but twice for rash challenges... and ref Michael Oliver was lucky Arsenal won the game

Mateo Kovacic is a very lucky boy and so is referee Michael Oliver, given Arsenal went on to win regardless of Manchester City keeping all 11 men on the pitch.

Kovacic could have been dismissed not once, but twice. His first yellow could have been upgraded to red if VAR John Brooks had told Oliver to take a second look at his nasty tackle from behind on Martin Odegaard.

But when Kovacic then caught Declan Rice late on the ankle, the City midfielder could easily have been shown a second yellow.