Beneath Premier League guidelines, there isn’t any precise time afforded to groups to renew play from goal-kicks and free-kicks.
As an alternative, referees should resolve if ‘extreme’ time is taken by gamers when resuming play.
Throughout Sunday’s match, Declan Rice was cautioned within the 83rd minute when he took a couple of minute to take a free-kick in Metropolis’s half following a foul on Kai Havertz.
Raya was commonly booed by the house crowd through the second half, with Metropolis followers feeling the Spaniard took too lengthy over goal-kicks.
The 29-year-old was warned by referee Oliver in regards to the time he was taking to restart play within the thirty second minute – however was not cautioned through the match.
Statistics from Opta present Arsenal have spent a mean of 33.5 seconds in resuming play this season – the joint-longest within the Premier League.
This pertains to restarts from all ‘dead-ball’ conditions – goal-kicks, corners, free-kicks, direct free-kicks, throw-ins, penalties, drop-balls and kick-offs.
Solely Ligue 1 aspect Lille and Serie A crew Genoa throughout Europe’s ‘huge 5’ leagues have a better common restart time than Arsenal.
Particularly on restarting play by way of a goal-kick, Arteta’s aspect have taken a mean of 40 seconds, longer than some other Premier League membership this season.
It’s greater than double that of rivals Tottenham, who’ve resumed play from a goal-kick on common after 17.4 seconds thus far this time period.