No – there wasn’t any sending off offence. So Arsenal lost a man for an hour without any justification.
Arsenal argued that Gibbs should not be suspended because he was not the player who handled the ball.
Arsenal also argued that as the ball was going wide, Chamberlain had not prevented a goal scoring opportunity.
So the referee, Andre Marriner, was found wrong on both counts. He has been appointed to referee the Hull-Sheffield United semifinal at Wembley.