BT Sport pundit destroys Raphinha after what he saw him do in Leeds United v Arsenal
Don Hutchison was not impressed by Raphinha after he was seen chasing referee Chris Kavanagh during the Leeds United v Arsenal game on Sunday.
Luke Ayling’s yellow was upgraded to a red card after his challenge was deemed to endanger the safety of Gabriel Martinelli.
This saw Raphinha cut an agitated figure as he chased Kavanagh asking for explanations about what seemed to be a pretty straightforward decision.
Speaking on the Premier League Weekend Review, Hutchison, a BT Sport pundit, said, “Raphinha has lost his head. It’s all red mist. It comes boiling down. That’s a clear red so I don’t understand it.”
Baffling
The Brazilian was enraged after a pretty obvious decision and it was all the Leeds players’ frustrations boiled into that instance.
They started the game woefully with two early goals conceded and then going down to 10 men all but ending their chances of a comeback at the time.
While they managed to score a goal and lose 2-1, a loss was a loss and these things were avoidable.
Even apart from the red card instance, Raphinha did not have a fruitful game for the Whites and struggled to impose himself in the final third.
There were moments were he seemed isolated from the rest of the team and when the team relied on him for some inspiration, unfortunately, he let them down.