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Should Dundalk's opponents have been reduced to 10 men for this apparent elbow?

The Premier Division champions are taking on BATE Borisov.

Stephen O'Donnell Dundalk captain Stephen O'Donnell (file pic). Donall Farmer / INPHO Donall Farmer / INPHO / INPHO

BATE BORISOV HAVE had the better of tonight’s Champions League qualifier against Dundalk in Belarus so far, but the hosts are probably fortunate to still have 11 men on the field.

Maksim Zhavnerchik seemingly caught Dundalk captain Stephen O’Donnell with an elbow on the half-hour mark, but the BATE defender escaped with just a yellow card from Ukrainian referee Evgen Aranovskiy.

Elbow

(Click here to view a video, including replays, of the incident from eir Sport)

Daryl Horgan and Robbie Benson have both gone close for Dundalk, but they’ve mostly been under severe pressure against the side who eliminated them last season.

Nevertheless, it’s scoreless at half-time in the first leg of the third-round qualifier at the Borisov Arena.

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 8:58 PM

    Arsenal a sinking ship lol. Liverpool must be the Titanic in that case.

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 10:45 PM

    How are Arsenal a better team that they were last year?or the year b4 that or the year b4 that?
    the only reason they havnt sold their star player this window is the fact they have none,

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 9:00 PM

    He’s right though, say what ye want

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 8:33 PM

    Wenger is a serious scam artist how is he still in a job?? No trophy since an undeserved FA cup in 2005….

    Suarez would be stupid to go to that sinked ship

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 8:52 PM

    What as opposed to staying at Liverpool :-O ???!!!

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 8:52 PM

    Wenger is a seriously deluded man that should have been sacked four years ago.

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 9:18 PM

    The Board is holding the purse strings, not Wenger

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    Aug 2nd 2013, 10:29 PM

    Gazidis has said that Wenger has always had money to spend. It’s wengers fault for failing to attract quality players. Same old tired excuses from him every year. The Arsene knows best brigade is getting smaller at the emirates

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