Jamie Carragher ripped into Luke Ayling for his horror tackle on Gabriel Martinelli. During Leeds’ 2-1 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates, the full-back, 30, flew in on the Gunners attacker with two feet.
Eddie Nketiah's brace, despite Diego Llorente's goal for the away side, meant that Leeds sunk further into desperation - but his tackle ignited a furious reaction on 27 minutes.Referee Chris Kavanagh showed Ayling a yellow card, before subsequently changing his decision after looking at the VAR monitor, and he gave the Leeds player his marching orders.
And Carragher raged at the tackle in the Sky Sports studio at half-time. "I love Luke but what an idiot,” slammed the former Liverpool defender. “The lack of professionalism for his own teammates and what this could mean going forward.
It's not just down to 10 men, disgusting tackle coming in there with two feet, it reminds me of a tackle Vinnie Jones done a long time ago.“But what he thinks is going to happen, it was obvious it was going to be a red card.
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