Twitter reacts to Per Mertesacker's red card vs. Chelsea
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
For the second time in as many matches against Chelsea, Arsenal watched as one of its central defenders was shown a red card in the opening half of the fiery fixture, with Per Mertesacker being sent for a quick shower after slicing down Diego Costa as he looked to be clean through on goal.
As is always the case, Twitter was quick to react to a moment that, upon further review, appeared to involve some embellishment from the striker.
Don't even pretend you didn't know Arsenal would muck this up.
— Andrew Das (@AndrewDasNYT) January 24, 2016
Arsenal doing their best to give premier league title to Leicester City or Man City
— James Martin (@JamesHMartin) January 24, 2016
Wenger in pre-match interview: "We have learned from the last Diego Costa incident the importance of keeping our discipline". Nailed it.
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) January 24, 2016
Diego Costa's presence results in Arsenal to be red-carded, this is not a repeat from the beginning of the season
— Danny Page (@DannyPage) January 24, 2016
Diego Costa really is fantastic at rolling along the ground. Like he has to practice it regularly.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) January 24, 2016
.@Arsenal pic.twitter.com/KWMaGf6mXK
— Zito (@_Zeets) January 24, 2016
Oh, Arsenal. You are becoming the Di Caprio of the Premier League.
— Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) January 24, 2016
To add insult to injury, the Spaniard opened the scoring shortly after the big German's dismissal.