article_snippet: On Boxing Day, there was the daft red card against Queen’s Park Rangers for butting Nedum Onuoha
article_snippet: and there was last week against Monaco.
article_snippet: Alexis Sanchez did take a tumble during the match at Loftus Road and almost ended up in a camera pit .
article_snippet: Kieran Gibbs was felled by a stray elbow from Bobby Zamora as the pair jostled for a ball in the air, but no foul was given and there was no obvious intent.
article_snippet: Kieran Gibbs was able to continue.
article_snippet: Rob Green responded with three solid saves to frustrate Giroud and one to deny Santi Cazorla.
article_snippet: It was important to get the ball on the ground, not only fight but fight and play,' said the Arsenal boss. '
article_snippet: the shirt went unseen and Karl Henry, having been booked in the first-half, escaped.
article_snippet: An overlap and low cross from Gibbs was blocked by Clint Hill and, when Giroud spilled Gibbs way, the French centre-forward reacted swiftly to turn Giroud past Green from an acute angle.
article_snippet: Arsenal's other full back, Kieran Gibbs, is tackled by QPR winger Junior Hoilett during the second half .