The issue is the inconsistency from the refs. Last season at the Emirates Kovacic commits 2 ankle breakers, no red card as ref felt it would ruin a game of such magnitude. Yet the ref feels it's OK to ruin an equally momentous match this time around for something far more trivial than what Kovacic did.What was daft about the sending off? He was on a yellow card and deliberately kicked the ball away to waste time. This didn't ruin the game, the timewasting did. Don't you think enough time was wasted? Players should be booked for this every single time and also when they refuse to retreat ten yards at free kicks. Never seen these days.
Absolutely doesn't mean Arsenal would have won the match if they'd stayed at 11 but we'd have seen a far more exciting 2nd half and in some ways it may have suited City better as they'd have been able to counter and find spaces.