Arsenal returns to action in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon while they want to close the gap for leaders Liverpool.
The Gunners host Manchester City in the Emirates in a resumption of what has developed into a fiery rivalry between the men of Mikel Arteta and his former employers.
During the inverted fixture in September, Leandro Trossard controversially a second yellow card was shown for kicking the ball at the end of the first half.
To defend for 45 minutes against the champions with 10 men, Arsenal ended it until 98 minutes, when John Stones scored a last-gasp equalizer.
The corresponding match last season was also not without incidents, because Mateo Kovacic escaped a red card for a late tackle on Declan Rice.
In their previous league match, Arsenal players were furious with the decision of referee Michael Oliver to send Myles Lewis -Skelly for an error on Matt Doherty -a decision that was later withdrawn on appeal.
After the incident, Mail Sport looks at who the officials are for Sunday's collision, which can be crucial in the title race.
Who is the referee for Arsenal vs Manchester City?
Peter Bankes will be the referee, with Eddie Smart and Nick Greenhalgh as the Touchline assistants.
Anthony Taylor will take on the tasks of the fourth official, while Paul Tierney will lead the video assistant -referee (VAR) box, with Craig Taylor as his assistant.
After the red card of Lewis-Skelly, Arsenal was accused of not controlling their players after the younger teammates protested against referee Michael Oliver.
The FA said in a statement: 'Arsenal FC has been charged after the players surrounded a competition officer during their Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC on Saturday 25 January.
“Arsenal FC has until Monday 3 February to give a response.”
Oliver's decision made Arsenal -boss Mikel Arteta furious and was generally criticized by experts, in which Alan Shearer called the “one of the worst decisions I have seen in a long time.”
The FA has released its written reasons to cancel the decision on Thursday, and confirming the challenge of Myles-Skelly should not have been considered 'serious false game'.
From her verdict, the FA said: 'The members of the committee were unanimous in their opinion that the referee had made a clear mistake when sending [Lewis-Skelly] For the challenge he had made.
'The challenge was certainly' false game ', but it was clearly not possible, for the spirit of the committee, being categorized as' serious fault game'.
'[Lewis-Skelly] Had stepped over his opponent and deliberately stumbled him intentionally, but he had clearly not endangered the security of his opponent whether excessive violence or brutality used, nor had he 'extended' in his opponent. '
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