Andre Marriner said he was wrong to send Kieran Gibbs off as it was a case of mistaken identity - replays confirmed what most observers saw at full speed as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the Arsenal man who handled the ball. However, with the ball seemingly going wide I do not think either player should have been dismissed as there was no denial of an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Even Poll agrees. Red card was incorrect. Why do we have refs who don't know the rules? How can that benefit the game in any way? It was still going to be a bad day for us either way, but this massive incompetence has certainly contributed heavily to the final score. These terrible types of decisions are not rare and they never, ever even themselves out.