Seven managers have served touchline ban before Arteta has even received first yellow

Eight managers have yet to be book this season, only half of whom started the season in their posts. Have referees given up trying to stop Mikel Arteta?

Mikel Arteta was the joint leader for Premier League manager yellow cards in 2023/24, sharing that title with the departed Roberto De Zerbi. He is not alone in boasting a clean record, but plenty of coaches have made their way into the book.

Premier League managers with four cards this season

Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth)

First booking
Newcastle (August 25) – shown a yellow card ยูฟ่าเบท by David Coote in the 94th minute for dissent after a winning goal from. Dango Ouattara was disallow for handball.

“I went to talk to the referee, but I think the referee today could not do much more. He gave a goal. (The VAR officials) didn’t give him the chance to see the images again. What is he going to do? He took the right decision. dealt quite well with the game, I think. He cannot do much more. It’s obvious he’s not the one that has made a mistake today,” he said.

Second booking
West Ham (August 28) – shown a yellow card by Peter Bankes in the 91st minute for dissent after a late Jarrod Bowen winner appeared to come off his elbow.

“It’s even more clear. I don’t know what to say. We are not making these mistakes but we are suffering the consequences, and we are out of the competition because of a mistake. I don’t know what we have to do to change something but obviously it’s costing us a lot. We haven’t won on Sunday because of VAR and we are out of the cup because there is no VAR he said.

Third booking
Liverpool (September 21) – shown a yellow card by Tony Harrington in the 25th minute for dissent after Luis Diaz’s opening goal.

“I think it was clear what happened, I asked for an offside and for VAR but they think I asked for a yellow card and it wasn’t even a foul for Liverpool. Probably they understand why but they cannot accept any appeal for yellow cards they told me, so I will be upstairs, yes,” he said of his suspension.

Fourth booking
Tottenham (December 8) – shown a yellow card by Michael Salisbury in the 30th minute for dissent after a penalty was not given against Dara O’Shea for a perceived foul on Justin Kluivert.

“There’s a penalty to Justin. We continue and hit the post but the first official says, ‘No, it’s a penalty but we decide to give the advantage.’ If it’s a penalty it’s a penalty, you know? The advantage has to be not super, super, super clear. Luckily for us it didn’t cost us in the end,” he said.