Below Premier League guidelines, there isn’t any precise 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 multiple minute to take a free-kick in Metropolis’s half following a foul on Kai Havertz.
Raya was usually booed by the house crowd through the second half, with Metropolis followers feeling the Spaniard took too lengthy over goal-kicks.
The 29-year-old was warned by referee Oliver in regards to the time he was taking to restart play within the thirty second minute – however was not cautioned through 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 aspect Lille and Serie A workforce Genoa throughout Europe’s ‘large 5’ leagues have a better common restart time than Arsenal.
Particularly on restarting play through a goal-kick, Arteta’s aspect 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 this point this time period.