ANGRY Arsenal fans claim Chelsea’s Tosin Adarabioyo escaped a red card for an identical foul to William Saliba’s sending-off 24 hours earlier.

Adarabioyo ended Diogo Jota’s surge through at Liverpool – just like Gunners’ defender Saliba did when halting Evanilson at Bournemouth on Saturday.

Tosin Adebayo was only booked for this challenge on Diogo Jota

Many Gunners’ fans reckon Adarabioyo was lucky to stay on

Adarabioyo fouled Jota but could Levil Colwill have intervened

But referee John Brooks only dished out a yellow card to the Blues’ defender – a decision blasted as “laughable” by many Arsenal supporters.

One fan claimed: “No different to Saliba’s red card yesterday, but no VAR intervention. Why? Jota was away on goal.”

Another posted: “Saliba got a red for the exact same thing yesterday?”

A third argued: “If Tosin isn’t worried that Jota is in, he wouldn’t foul him. It’s a stonewall red.”

And a fourth added: “The refs in this country are a joke.”

But supporters of other clubs hit back – insisting there was a CLEAR difference between the two incidents in the middle of the pitch.

They reckon Saliba was definitely the last man – whereas Adarabioyo’s team-mate Levi Colwill might have been able to catch Jota.

One fan wrote: “Saliba was the last man, Tosin would get a red if Colwill wasn’t in close proximity. He got bailed out by Colwill.”

Another said: “Colwill close enough, Saliba was on his own.”

And a third was even more blunt: “Teammate proximity, Never a red.”

It was Colwill who soon brought down Curtis Jones, enabling Mo Salah to slot Liverpool in front against the tide of play with a 29th-minute penalty.

The Reds had their greatest stretch after that, with Cody Gakpo having a tap-in goal disallowed because his provider, Salah, was offside.

Additionally, Liverpool had a second spot-kick award revoked in first-half stoppage time.

After consulting a pitchside monitor, Brooks changed his mind on the keeper Robert Sanchez’s claim that Jones had been tripped.

Saliba saw red for this challenge on Evanilson the day before