Arsenal have won an appeal against Gabriel's sending-off at Chelsea.
The centre-back was dismissed for kicking out at Chelsea forward Diego Costa during Saturday's ill-tempered clash at Stamford Bridge.
However, the Football Association announced in a statement on Tuesday it has accepted Arsenal's challenge to the decision and withdrawn the three-match suspension.
Gabriel still faces a separate charge of improper conduct for his reaction after being shown the red card by referee Mike Dean.
"Arsenal’s claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to Gabriel has been upheld following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing," read a statement on the FA official's website.
"The player’s three-match suspension has, therefore, been withdrawn with immediate effect."
OUR VIEW
Mike Dean gave Gabriel a straight red for an offence that he deemed to be violent conduct. By nature, violent conduct is subjective.
However, the decision to rescind the punishment seems a touch counter-intuitive. Granted the action in itself was not violent in its purest form but then neither is the coming together of heads that more often than not will lead to a straight red and a three-game ban. It is utterly rare that red cards for those offences are appealed and even rarer that said appeal is upheld.
At the same time, Gabriel was probably unfortunate to be sent off but as soon as a player raises a hand or a foot to an opponent then they run that risk. It is the unwritten rule of refereeing.
This decision could open the floodgates regarding appeals to red cards, as as previously stated a fair amount of these reds are subjective.
The centre-back was dismissed for kicking out at Chelsea forward Diego Costa during Saturday's ill-tempered clash at Stamford Bridge.
However, the Football Association announced in a statement on Tuesday it has accepted Arsenal's challenge to the decision and withdrawn the three-match suspension.
Gabriel still faces a separate charge of improper conduct for his reaction after being shown the red card by referee Mike Dean.
"Arsenal’s claim of wrongful dismissal in relation to Gabriel has been upheld following an Independent Regulatory Commission hearing," read a statement on the FA official's website.
"The player’s three-match suspension has, therefore, been withdrawn with immediate effect."
OUR VIEW
Mike Dean gave Gabriel a straight red for an offence that he deemed to be violent conduct. By nature, violent conduct is subjective.
However, the decision to rescind the punishment seems a touch counter-intuitive. Granted the action in itself was not violent in its purest form but then neither is the coming together of heads that more often than not will lead to a straight red and a three-game ban. It is utterly rare that red cards for those offences are appealed and even rarer that said appeal is upheld.
At the same time, Gabriel was probably unfortunate to be sent off but as soon as a player raises a hand or a foot to an opponent then they run that risk. It is the unwritten rule of refereeing.
This decision could open the floodgates regarding appeals to red cards, as as previously stated a fair amount of these reds are subjective.
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