Arsenal legend Ian Wright says Gabriel should have been sent off against Liverpool

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Arsenal legend Ian Wright says Gabriel should have been sent off against Liverpool

Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright has opened up on Liverpool's clash with the Gunners, in which Ibrahima Konate was sent off for a second yellow.

Wright believes Anthony Taylor was not consistent in his officiating because Gabriel made similar challenges to Konate's but was not sent off.

“I thought the first one could have easily been, I think that the aggressiveness in which he threw him down I think I’d have like the referee to have said there ‘calm down’," he said while talking about Konate's first yellow.

"This is what I’m saying about Kai, he had them, he was in them, he was causing problems to the point where you look at him and Konate to the point where he was just awkward around him.

"The referee could have said I’m keeping an eye because the next one you’re thinking could he have even got out of the way, it’s quite harsh,” Wright said about the second yellow.

“But, you do [have to send Gabriel off]," he admits. "His foul on Nunez in the centre-circle was a booking and he was already on one. I think that’s why Klopp was vexed. I’d be vexed with that.”

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