Watching the Flamini sending off again, I noticed that in the build up to the tackle Giroud had a

[Monty91]

little bite at the same Southampton player. Was Flamini's tackle related to this?

[Nicosia Gooner]

[Monty91]

spat.

[zimgunner]

Part of the cause was definitely that Soton's pressing and exposing our backs required Flamini to put in a hard shift. He was tired and probably irritated by the time of the tackle.

[Nicosia Gooner]