Mohamed Elneny has had his red card overturned by the Football Association.
Arsenal launched an appeal against Elneny’s sending off against Southampton on Sunday using TV footage from different angles which they insist cleared him of violent conduct.
Referee Andre Marriner had already sent off Jack Stephens after a bust-up with Jack Wilshere and then Elneny became embroiled in a bust-up with Cedric Soares afterwards.
An FA statement said: "Mohamed Elneny will be available for Arsenal’s next three games after an Independent Regulatory Commission accepted that he was wrongly dismissed for violent conduct against Southampton on Sunday 8 April 2018.”
It is a huge relief for Arsenal as they would have lost Elneny for three games just at a time when the fixtures have mounted up in the Premier League and Europa League.
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Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been ruled out for the rest of the season - unless they reach the Europa League final.
Mkhitaryan has undergone a scan on the knee injury suffered in last Thursday’s quarter final and it has revealed medial ligament damage which will rule him out of a large chunk of the run-in.
But there is a small chance pf Mkhitaryan being ready for the Europa League final showpiece in Lyon on Wednesday, May 16, if his recovery goes well.
