Mikel Arteta issued with Arsenal warning as worrying trend continues in FC Porto win

During Arsenal’s Champions League round of 16 victory over FC Porto on Tuesday, manager Mikel Arteta received a booking.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta

During the second half of Arsenal’s Champions League round-of-16 victory over FC Porto on Tuesday night, Mikel Arteta received a booking. Referee Clement Turpin showed the Spanish player a yellow card for his protests after Martin Odegaard’s close finish was disallowed due to a foul on seasoned defender Pepe. The Spaniard was the mastermind of his team’s thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Portuguese powerhouses.

It was interestingly Arteta’s fifth yellow card of the year. In the Premier League, he has already completed an automatic one-game touchline ban and received four bookings. Cristian Romero, a defender for Tottenham Hotspur, has been booked just four times this season across all competitions—one fewer than the Gunners manager.

After his team defeated FC Porto and advanced to the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2010, Arteta gave some thought to Turpin’s choice to leave out Odegaard’s goal in the second half.

The Spaniard claimed not to have seen the replay. “Live, maybe there was something there; I didn’t understand, but they made that decision.

“I’m sure we won’t remember that, we’ll remember that we did it in another special way.” But after the game, Arteta was spotted having a long conversation with Porto manager Sergio Conceicao, but he declined to comment on what transpired.

At the conclusion of his press conference, Arteta said, “No comment, thank you very much.” “Magic, what we expected, a really tough opponent, really well-organized, very difficult to generate constant momentum in the game in the way they play, and that’s credit to them,” the Gunners manager said after his team’s victory.

We succeeded in scoring a stunning goal, they persisted in various ways that the game permitted, and it was an incredible experience for us.

“We prepared well, and we had to execute the penalties at the end. I must also commend the coaches for their work and, of course, David Raya. He faced some challenges at first, but he persevered, had a remarkable personality, and was eventually given his chance.”