Furious Arsenal fans slam ref as Burnley's Ashley Westwood somehow escapes red card for horror 'stamp' on Kieran Tierney

ARSENAL fans fumed as Burnley's Ashley Westwood escaped a red card following a horror 'stamp' on Kieran Tierney.

With the sides drawing 0-0 at the Emirates, Clarets midfielder Westwood lunged in on left-back Tierney.

Replays revealed the tackle high on the knee but somehow warranted only a booking.

Gooners – who have seen three red cards given against them this season already – hit out at Westwood's foul and subsequent booking.

One said: "Ashley Westwood stamps on Kieran Tierney’s calf, but luckily for him he’s wearing a Burnley shirt rather than an Arsenal one, so a yellow card is deemed sufficient."

Another said: "Westwood very lucky, don’t hurt my man Tierney."

One added: "Why is that not a red card for Westwood? Deliberately follows through and stomps Tierney."

Another added: "Westwood foul on Tierney = yellow card. Xhaka? Your guess is as good as mine."

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Arsenal have suffered a shocking disciplinary record this year with Gabriel, Granit Xhaka and Thomas Partey all been shown red already.

Gabriel was sent off for two bookable offences in in Arsenal's 2-1 loss against Manchester City on New Year's Day

Then Xhaka's moment of madness at Liverpool saw him receive a straight red after tacking out Diego Jota in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

Partey's dismissal came in the second leg while the Gunners trailed 2-0 and rounded off an ill-disciplined start to 2022 for Mikel Arteta's side.

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