Arsenal's spectacular collapse at Chelsea descended into farce when Kieran Gibbs was mistakenly red-carded by referee Andre Marriner, instead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Gibbs protested his innocence profusely, and Oxlade-Chamberlain even admitted to Marriner “it was me”. But happy with his calamitous decision, Gibbs was sent packing, and Eden Hazard quickly converted the spot-kick by drilling the ball down the middle as Wojciech Szczesny dived to his right to make it 3-0.
Samuel Eto'o and André Schürrle put Chelsea into a 2-0 lead inside seven minutes before Oxlade-Chamberlain dived to divert Eden Hazard's effort - which was going wide - with his hand.
In the context of the match, it meant little—Chelsea were already two goals to the good and scored a third from the resulting penalty—but as mistakes go, it was extraordinary.
Oxlade-Chamberlain also was shown in television footage appearing to explain to Marriner that he was the one who had made the mistake, but to no avail.
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