This Nicolas Pepe headbutt on Ezgjan Alioski saw the Arsenal winger sent off following a VAR review after the interval in their clash against Leeds earlier today. The Pepe red card v Leeds came in the 51st minute- he head butted Alioski in an off the ball clash with the scores at 0-0
Nicolas Pepe red card Leeds | Pepe vs Alioski incident
Also check out the Tierney vs Alioski incident after the game and xG expected goals stats for Leeds v Arsenal.
Silly from Pepe to do a headbutt in the era of VAR. Any kind of headbutt is a straight red card, even if the contact is minimal.
Mr Pepe paying tribute to his Portuguese namesake with that headbutt!
Theatrical reaction from Alioski, but would VAR have noticed the incident if he hadn’t fallen down like that?