reverse Gabriel's red card against Chelsea is only a
small consolation.
Arsene Wenger is only taking small consolation following the
reversal of defender Gabriel's red card during Arsenal's defeat
to Chelsea.
The Gunners responded well to their 2-0 loss at Stamford
Bridge by beating north London rivals Tottenham 2-1 in the
League Cup on Wednesday, a day after the Gabriel's appeal
against his sending off after kicking out at Diego Costa was
upheld by the Football Association.
Wenger, though, insisted he was still angry about the goings on
last weekend and is aware Gabriel could still receive a ban for a
separate charge of improper conduct for his reaction to the red
card he received from referee Mike Dean.
"It just shows that they decided after the game what should
have happened during the game," the Frenchman said after the
win over Spurs.
"They repair five per cent of the damage which has been done
to us - instead of us playing 11 against 10, we played 10
against 11.
"I have watched the game again. There are some things that
were really surprising in this game, some incidents were really
handled very lightly and not seriously. It is better I don't talk too
much because I am still angry about it.
"One or two situations in the game are very difficult to
understand when you watch it again but I am in a job where I
sometimes have to swallow things that are not right and maybe
our opponents do sometimes as well.
"I said to you after the game that Gabriel should not have
responded at all and I maintain that and I told him that, but
when I saw it again, he did not do a lot, honestly."
On the second charge still facing his player, Wenger added: "You
want them just to have hopefully a fair judgement.
"The FA will judge that situation and it is right. They cannot
consider the whole context of the game. You want them to
judge, they will decide and we will accept the decision, that is no
problem."
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