Five spectators were arrested at Arsenal’s match against Chelsea on Tuesday night, including one for shining a laser at Mykhaylo Mudryk.

According to a statement from the Metropolitan Police (via the Evening Standard), five men were arrested at Arsenal’s Premier League fixture against Chelsea this week.

“A 21-year-old man was arrested at the Emirates Stadium during the Arsenal v Chelsea match on 2 May on suspicion of a public order offence. He has been taken into custody,” the Met confirmed.

“As the result of an anti-ticket touting operation before the Arsenal v Chelsea match, three men were arrested on suspicion of ticket touting and one man arrested on suspicion of breaching his football banning order. They were taken into custody.”

Whilst the ticket touting and football banning order arrests should be self-explanatory, the “public order offence” relates to a laser light being shone on Mykhaylo Mudryk during the game.

When Mudryk came on as a substitute, he was specifically targeted by one spectator with a green light pen, often aimed at the player’s eyes.

Arsenal said of the incident: “An arrest has been made following the use of a laser during last night’s match. This behaviour is dangerous and totally unacceptable, and we will fully support the police with their enquiries.

“We will obviously take the strongest possible action.”

Arsenal fans hold a bit of animosity towards Mudryk at the moment, after he so publicly angled for a move to north London before switching allegiances to Chelsea when the Gunners’ bid was lower than their London rivals.

But there is no excuse or justification for shining laser lights at players’ eyes.

Let the players screw things up themselves, as Chelsea’s squad have been doing all season, there’s no need to try to gain an unfair advantage through illegitimate means.

Arsenal will likely issue a ban to the spectator, and any real fans of the club should be glad of that.