Underneath Premier League guidelines, there isn’t any actual time afforded to groups to renew play from goal-kicks and free-kicks.
As a substitute, referees should determine 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 frequently booed by the house crowd throughout the second half, with Metropolis followers feeling the Spaniard took too lengthy over goal-kicks.
The 29-year-old was warned by referee Oliver concerning the time he was taking to restart play within the thirty second minute – however was not cautioned throughout the match.
Statistics from Opta present Arsenal have spent a median 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 facet Lille and Serie A workforce Genoa throughout Europe’s ‘massive 5’ leagues have a better common restart time than Arsenal.
Particularly on restarting play by way of a goal-kick, Arteta’s facet have taken a median of 40 seconds, longer than every 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 to date this time period.