Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he has run out of ideas on how to prevent his side getting players sent off

Mikel Arteta made it clear following his team's 1-0 Premier League win over Wolves that they must solve their discipline problem if they hope to qualify for the Champions League spots. The Gunners boss saw his side take the lead in the 25th minute at Molineux, Gabriel getting free in a crowded penalty area to poke home. Ad/> And thereafter they were largely comfortable until a bizarre red card for Gabriel Martinelli on 69 minutes — the like of which Arteta said he had «never seen before» in his football career — saw the Brazilian booked twice in quick succession for a foul and dissent.

Premier LeagueSaka says Arsenal ‘always the one’ despite interest from Spurs and Chelsea as a youngster7 HOURS AGO Fortunately for Arteta, his men hung on to leave themselves healthily placed in fifth in the table with games in hand on all of the top four. Speaking afterwards to BT Sport, Arteta said: «I've never seen that. I've been in this country for 18 years and I've never seen something like it.

»We made it even more difficult for ourselves playing with 10 men. We suffered a lot in the last 10 minutes. Saka says Arsenal ‘always the one’ despite interest from Spurs and Chelsea as a youngster Arsenal hang on for crucial win despite extraordinary Martinelli red card «To win football matches like that [with 10 men] is extremely difficult and we have to stop it.

/> »We put ourselves in trouble with the red card and we had to dig in. Wolves threw seven players up front and it was difficult to maintain a clean sheet but we defended the box extremely well. «The character, how we dug in, the spirit we showed, I'm really proud of the boys.