Dean rice was left stunned after receiving a controversial red card in Arsenal's match against Brighton the England International had already been cautioned in the first half for a reckless tackle just minutes into the second half his frustration led to a second yellow card rice was penalized for kicking the ball away after Brighton was awarded a free kick in their own half in the 49th minute as Joel veltman prepared to take the kick rice nudged the ball with his foot causing a collision with the Brighton Defender rice went down in pain expecting veltman to be booked for the incident however referee Chris Kavanagh shocked both the Emirates crowd and rice by issuing a second yellow card to the Arsenal midfielder the former West Ham Captain was left speechless by the decision and many others were equally perplexed by kavanagh's ruling Gunner fans wrote on X yoal Pedro kicks the ball away the first half and no yellow rice gets sent off for the same offense after being on the receiving end of violent conduct another said I saw yal Pedro kick the ball away in the first half with everyone shouting for it and the ref ignoring Dean rice has just been sent off for tapping it in the second half and another said how does Dean rice get a red card for getting kick Gunner Super Fan and Sun columnist Piers Morgan was also left flabbergasted by the decision he wrote what the f was that Dean rice sent off for being kicked to Pieces worst red card decision I've ever seen