PREMIER - Redknapp: Ranieri right to be mad about Arsenal

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PREMIER - Redknapp: Ranieri right to be mad about Arsenal
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From Sky Sports, Jamie Redknapp says Arsenal should have given the ball back to Watford in the build-up to their goal and sided with cross Hornets boss Claudio Ranieri.

Emile Smith Rowe swept Arsenal ahead in the 56th minute at the Emirates on Sunday and they went on to win a game they dominated by that solitary goal. However, in the build-up Danny Rose had kicked the ball out of play to allow team-mate Ozan Tufan to receive treatment after a clash with Albert Sambi Lokonga.

Arsenal did not throw the ball back to Watford, though, and - after a couple of passages of play - scored through Smith Rowe's strike. There was also a VAR check on a challenge by Ainsley Maitland-Niles on Ismaila Sarr which came ahead of the goal.

"Lokonga goes in for a foul and there's a player down," said Redknapp. "When the ball goes to Danny Rose there's no doubt he can kick it up the pitch but he sees the player is down and plays it out.

"Normally what would happen in this situation Arsenal would throw the ball back to you, that's the sporting thing to do. But they don't. They decide to play a quick one and you can see the Watford players aren't happy, they're complaining and, as what happens so often in these situations, you end up getting something from it."