Liverpool’s Arne Slot has highlighted the inconsistency in the red card shown to Arsenal’s William Saliba and the one not shown to Chelsea on Sunday.

Less than 24 hours after Arsenal picked up another pivotal red card, Chelsea looked set to follow suit with a very similar early foul by Tosin Adarabioyo.

Like Saliba, Tosin committed a foul around the halfway line as an opponent looked to run into space behind the defence.

It was a cynical pull-back and certainly worthy of at least a yellow card, but after what had happened the previous day, the expectation was that the Chelsea defender would see red.

Saliba had initially been shown a yellow, but the decision was overturned by VAR, suggesting it was a clear and obvious error not to dismiss him.

This time around, a yellow card was shown to Tosin and confirmed by VAR, and Liverpool boss Arne Slot seemed confused after the game.

“There’s the decision of the red card which I saw yesterday [William Saliba sent off for Arsenal against Bournemouth], was a red card in a similar situation,” Slot said, after also highlighting a penalty call not given to Liverpool in the first half.

“They’re big decisions, because penalties and red cards influence a game a lot, but it’s also nice that these moments are inside the game because it creates a lot of energy.

“The fans really stood up today, they helped us a lot and that probably comes from these decisions as well because they’re just as biased as I am!”

Arsenal fans certainly found it frustrating that such a similar incident resulted in a different outcome.

In the end, the Gunners are the ones who suffered the most from the two incidents. First losing to Bournemouth and having Saliba suspended against Liverpool, then watching Chelsea’s Tosin avoid a red with title-rivals Liverpool winning the match anyway.