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Wolves 2-1 Arsenal: Nine-man Gunners implode at Molineux after David Luiz, Bernd Leno red cards

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Tom Doyle2 February 2021

Arsenal were reduced to nine men at Molineux as Wolves battled back to win 2-1 following two red cards for the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta’s side started impressively and fully deserved to take the lead through Nicolas Pepe, but David Luiz conceded a penalty and was shown a red card on the stroke of half-time as Ruben Neves converted to level up.

The second half started poorly for the Gunners as Joao Moutinho scored a long-range screamer four minutes in, and Bernd Leno was sent off for handball outside his penalty area 18 minutes from time to cap a miserable night for Arsenal.

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