LEANDRO TROSSARD'S words to his Arsenal team-mates after being sent off against Manchester City have been revealed, according to reports.

Trossard was controversially shown his marching orders by referee Michael Oliver after barging into the back of Bernardo Silva and then booting the ball away and delaying the restart.

The latter offence - which Declan Rice was also sent off for against Brighton last month - saw the Belgian shown a red card, leaving Arsenal down to 10 men in trying to defend a 2-1 lead.

John Stones eventually broke the Gunners' stoic defence with a 97th-minute strike to see the fiery game end 2-2.

However, according to the Mirror, Trossard told team-mates in the dressing room that he did NOT HEAR Oliver blow his whistle.

The report claims Trossard explained how he was actually trying to play a pass and even told the referee about not hearing the whistle blow.

The sending-off was one of several incidents from the clash, with the antics of Erling Haaland, how much time was added on and the waste of time-wasting tactics also prevalent in the post-game discussion.

Ex-Premier League referee Mark Halsey exclusively told SunSport series The Whistleblower that Haaland was lucky not to be sent off himself after he was seen throwing the ball at Gabriel's head after City's late equaliser.

The Arsenal defender has since broken since silence on the incident - branded a "coward's move" by Ian Wright - by issuing a chilling warning for the reverse fixture at the Emirates.

Elsewhere, Opta stats revealed the ball was in play in the second half for 35 minutes, leading many to question where so much extra added time came from.

Fourth official Andy Madley had originally signalled for six additional minutes before two more were played out - with City scoring their equaliser in the 97th minute.

On the other hand, it was revealed Arsenal took 42.7 seconds to restart the game after being awarded either a corner, goal-kick, free-kick or throw-in.