'All day' - Alan Shearer fumes over controversial decision during Arsenal vs Leicester City

Alan Shearer believes Leicester City were hard done by during their 4-2 away defeat to Arsenal on Saturday. It was a close game between the Gunners and Foxes, with the home side giving up a two goal lead before scoring twice in stoppage time.

Leandro Trossard popped up at the back post to score from a corner, with that goal being the winner for all intensive purposes, while Kai Havertz also deflected in a fourth goal right at the end. Havertz did not have a particularly good game, and the same can be said of Riccardo Calafiori, who was caught out of position for Leicester’s second.

The Italian was also lucky not to be sent off after he brought down Facundo Buonanotte despite already being on a yellow card. That’s a decision Shearer was not impressed by. “I think that’s an awful decision,” Shearer told Premier League Productions. “You can clearly see Calafiori stick his leg out.

“It’s a deliberate trip. Yellow card that should be. Absolutely. It’s such an important point in the game. To rub salt in the wounds, Buonanotte gets a yellow card instead. Look, he sticks his leg out. It’s a deliberate trip. All day that is a yellow card.”

Cooper unhappy with decision

Leicester boss Steve Cooper also spoke about the lack of yellow card after the game, saying: “It’s a clear foul on Jamie Vardy for the first goal and the left-back has to get sent off for a second yellow.

“There’s so much more we could say. The whole game knows, but I’m not going down that road today. We were very disappointed with a foul not being given on Vards (Jamie Vardy) for the first goal. And although we don’t come into games trying to get players sent off, why he hasn’t sent off Calafiori is a little bit beyond belief.

“Because of the spell we’re in and the spell that I’m in personally, I’m trying to not let referees’ decisions be the headline. I’m trying to take responsibility for a team that needs to get better results. But we feel those were two poor decisions.”