Arsenal are losing their cool. Kieran Gibbs has already been booked for getting into a pushing match with his Huddersfield opponents, and now Sebastien Squillaci has been dismissed for a professional foul following his rather cynical block on right back Jack Hunt, who had been embarking on a swashbuckling run through the very heart of the Arsenal defence. Had Hunt got past Squillaci (Laurent Koscielny was already out of the picture thanks to a very neat flick and feint), he was in the clear and probably would have equalised. Instead, Arsenal are down to ten men and the resultant free kick from thirty yards out is blazed well over.
Arsenal FC Vs. Huddersfield Town: Sebastien Squillaci Sees Red, Ten Men Arsenal Lead 1-0 At Halftime
Don’t let the bad free kicks fool you, though, Huddersfield do have enough quality to punish their rather more illustrious hosts, and most of their threat comes from winger Anthony Pilkinson, who came close three times towards the end of the second half. The visitors were also fairly unlucky in that Mark Clattenburg’s failed to award a penalty for a clear handball in the box by Gibbs during injury time. Sloppy mistakes by Arsenal may well cost them dear here, but they just about lead 1-0 going into halftime.
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