Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher slammed Leeds United fullback Luke Ayling after his dismissal against Arsenal today.

The 30-year-old was responsible for a full-blooded lunge on Gabriel Martinelli shortly after Eddie Nketiah's early brace saw the visitors fall behind and was sent off by referee Chris Kavanagh after a lengthy VAR intervention at the Emirates Stadium.

Ayling was initially awarded a yellow card before VAR intervened to prompt Kavanagh to take another look and upgrade his original punishment to an immediate dismissal in spite of the protests from the defender's Leeds team-mates.

"I love Luke Ayling as a player, but what an idiot," said Carragher in his role as a pundit on Sky Sports.

"The lack of professionalism for his own teammates and what that could mean going forward. It's not just down to 10 men. Disgusting tackle, coming in two feet there.

"It reminds me of a tackle Vinnie Jones done a long time ago, I think maybe Danny Stevens. What he thinks was going to happen on the back of that, it was obvious. That might be the last ever game Ayling ever plays in the Premier League."