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18th August 2018
03:20pm BST

In the second half, it was Arter that was fortunate to stay on the pitch.
With the scores still tied at 0-0, after 58 minutes, the Republic of Ireland international hacked down Joselu as he was attempting to spark a Newcastle counter-attack.
The incident came 10 minutes after Newcastle's Isaac Hayden was sent off for a rash challenge on Josh Murphy. Arter's foul looked worse but he received a booking and remained on te pitch, something DeAndre Yedlin, not involved in the game, found perplexing.
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Following the game, which ended goallesss after Kenedy missed a late penalty, Jamie Carragher tore into the Ireland midfielder on Sky Sports. He said:
"I think that might be the worst one, really. That has to be a red card. "This stopping of a counter-attacking... you can nick someone on the ankle and get a yellow but to absolutely volley someone... that's knee-height; that's blatant." "That's worst than Kenedy's. Hayden is at least going for the ball."
Craig Bellamy, a former Liverpool teammate of Carragher's, was also in studio for Sky and commented, "There's intent in that [from Arter], and it's high, and it's reckless so that is a red."
As replays of the foul rolled, Carragher came back for more:
"That's a shocking challenge. That can really, seriously hurt someone... he's volleying his knee like it's a ball at the edge of the box and he is trying to score."As he was booked by the match referee, Arter may escape further sanctions for the foul on Joselu. A suspension would be the last thing the midfielder needs after his deadline day loan from Bournemouth.
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