Keith Andrews complains about Arsenal star after Brentford draw | Football

Keith Andrews believes Gabriel Magalhaes must have been sent off in Brentford’s pulsating Premier League draw with Arsenal.

Brentford boosted their unlikely European possibilities with a well-deserved 1-1 draw with leaders Arsenal on Thursday night.

The Bees were marginally the higher side in the primary half but Arsenal began to take control after the break and went ahead through Noni Madueke’s header.

Brentford responded superbly to the setback, nevertheless, and equalised shortly after through Keane Lewis-Potter’s header.

Each teams had possibilities to win the sport late on and Gabriel was perhaps lucky to see out the 90 minutes after avoiding a second yellow card for a tackle.

Brentford boss Andrews was seen in heated discussion with referee John Brooks after the full-time whistle and said in his post-match interview that Gabriel must have seen red.

Asked about his conversation with Brooks and Gabriel’s foul while on a yellow card, Andrews told TNT Sports: ‘I believe it was a definite yellow, it was a definite yellow.

‘I just feel just like the first few fouls all the time set the bar, there’s all the time that level. I felt in the primary half we wasn’t getting the rub of it.

‘Contained in the box I used to be really pleased with our movement and body language. Loads has been fabricated from Arsenal’s set-pieces but we’re not so bad ourselves.’

Asked concerning the incident in his post-match interview, Andrews added: ‘I believed it was a second yellow card. It was the 82nd minute wasn’t it so it could have made a bit little bit of a difference obviously.

‘Nevertheless it is what’s it.’

Responding to Andrews’ verdict on Gabriel, Arsenal legend Martin Keown said: ‘Do you understand what? I’m not even going to argue with that.’

The draws means Arsenal fail to revive their six-point advantage over second-placed Manchester City, who beat Fulham 3-0 on Wednesday.

Arsenal are bidding to win the Premier League for the primary time since 2004 following three successive second-place finishes but Declan Rice has urged his teammate to ‘block out the surface noise’ within the business end of the season.

‘The sport was split into different halves,’ the England midfielder said. ‘It was their first 20 minutes, we ended the primary half strong, we began the second half amazingly well and so they ended the half higher than us.

‘On this journey you’re never going to be at the extent for 70 games of the season but you’ve to be at one of the best you’ll be able to.

‘The small details, the fundamentals, like I say it is a rollercoaster of a season. You’ll be able to’t be naïve to think that is going to be easy.

‘We’re playing against one of the best teams week in, week out. We’ve to maintain pushing and believing in ourselves, controlling the controllable.

‘We’ve to dam out the surface noise. We’ve done that basically well. Individuals are going to speak up the title race and Arsenal but now we have a very calm group.

‘I’m not naive to think Brentford are a pushover. They’re top-of-the-line teams within the league and their recent form shows that. It’s a degree gained in our journey but we desired to win the sport.’

Gunners boss Mikel Arteta added: ‘We desired to win so we feel like we dropped two points, but they’re very difficult. We keep going.’

While Arsenal now sit 4 points clear at the highest of the Premier League, Brentford stay seventh but near inside just five points of the top-four places.

The Gunners face League One side Wigan Athletic within the FA Cup this weekend while Brentford tackle non-league club Macclesfield.

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