Arsenal are set to appeal Max Dowman’s red card, expecting a verdict to be reached before Sunday’s match against Liverpool.
Simon Collings reports for The S*n that Arsenal will be appealing Max Dowman’s red card against Fleetwood Town, and they have until 13:00 GMT on Thursday to supply to relevant documents.
The Gunners are reportedly hoping that a verdict can be reached before they travel for Sunday’s match against Liverpool. Though there’s little doubt it will be, as the FA always resolve wrongful red-card appeals before the following game.
As it stands, Dowman is set to be suspended for Sunday, as well as the subsequent Premier League fixtures against Hull City and Newcastle United. He will be available for the Champions League match against Slavia Praha in between.
Former MK Dons and Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson told Sky Sports that he believes Arsenal’s decision to appeal is a smart move, saying: “That is genius leadership, for me.
“[They’re saying]: ‘Young man, yeah, you’ve had a little snarl up, but we back you, and we don’t believe you’ve done a great deal wrong.’
“All the conversations that we had at the top of the show about ‘what did Mikel Arteta say [to Dowman]’, I think we did say he probably thought it was worse than what it was, when [Dowman] came off. We did say once he went in, he probably reflected, and saw it (properly).
“He is one of the best at what he does, Arsenal are a well-oiled machine, and that (appeal) is genius for me.”
Arsenal won’t have control over the timings of the process, with the FA to determine that element of it. But as mentioned, these appeals tend to be resolved pretty quickly.
If the appeal did somehow drag on to Sunday, Dowman would be available for selection in the meantime, and his ban would only come into effect after the appeal decision was made.
But that’s very unlikely to happen. It’s much more probable that we’ll have a decision one way or another before the Liverpool match.
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