TALKING POINT Should Kevin Friend have sent off Mathieu Flamini? Arsenal took the chances as they were given to them, but at least two of them were gifts from the referee. His decision not to send off Flamini for a reckless, studs-up, two-footed tackle was compounded when he chose not to book Olivier Giroud for his own nasty challenge, and then not to give a penalty after Laurent Koscielny handled in the box. Each decision may have been individually justifiable, barely, but Bournemouth were badly treated.
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