Newcastle star Bruno Guimaraes avoids sending off for elbowing Jorginho before confronting Declan Rice
Bruno Guimaraes might consider himself lucky after escaping a red card against Arsenal after a reckless challenge on Jorginho.
The Newcastle star appeared to see red just before half-time after missing a slide tackle on Ben White with Jorginho on the ball.
As he raced up to try challenge the Arsenal midfielder, he appeared to throw an arm at the back of his head, leaving the 31-year-old crocked on the ground.
VAR did have a look, but deemed that the challenge did not warrant a red card for violent conduct.
However, if that was a let-off for Bruno Guimaraes, he had yet to cool his jets when Newcastle were awarded a throw-on in the dying seconds of the first-half.
As the referee blew for a second ball on the pitch, the Brazilian smashed the ball at point-blank range straight at Kai Havertz, who was guilty of his own potential red card moment earlier in the contest.
Arsenal star Declan Rice was not happy with the incident and raced up to confront Guimaraes, who was equally as incensed.
He pushed Rice in the chest and referee Stuart Atwell needed to calm them down, but did not show the ex-Lyon man a card.
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