This incident made Merino the fourth Arsenal player to both score a goal and receive a red card in the same Premier League game. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang achieved this feat in 2020 against Crystal Palace, while Mikel Arteta and Ian Wright also accomplished it in the past against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest respectively.

Arsenal has had six red cards this season in the Premier League, the most since the 1998-99 season.