Mikel Arteta escaped Arsenal's red card in the Champions League and caused a major rule change
Mikel Arteta has potentially brought about a change in football laws after mistakenly escaping a red card in the Champions League.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is expected to change the law on coaches' interference with the ball during play. The current regulation says that they must be given a red card.
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Arteta was deemed to have interfered with play during ArsenalThe Champions League clash against Inter Milan.
Matteo Darmian was struggling to keep the ball close to Arteta's technical area, but the Spaniard collected it before it crossed the line to take a throw-in.
However, Arteta was only shown a yellow card, even though the rules of the game state that he should have received a red one.
According ESPNThe IFAB recommended a change to the law at its annual business meeting on Monday to ensure that similar confusion does not occur again in a similar incident.
While the decision at San Siro was wrong in law, the IFAB believes that when a coach only lifts the ball to help play restart quickly, rather than interfere with play, a yellow card is a more appropriate punishment.
The IFAB Annual General Assembly will be held on March 1 and the body must decide whether to implement the standard or not.
If approved, the new rule would take effect in the summer, before the new season.
Recently, numerous coaches have received red cards for interfering with the game.
West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberan, Kilmarnock manager Derek McInnes and Charlton player Nathan Jones were given marching orders after inadvertently interfering with play.
Despite Arteta dodging punishment from his fellow coaches, Arsenal suffered a 1-0 defeat on the road thanks to Hakan Calhanoglu's penalty.
The Gunners bounced back in Europe with a 5-1 away win over Sporting Lisbon.
The IFAB is also considering changing the rules regarding dropped balls.
Right now, if a team has possession and a pass reaches the referee, they will receive the dropped ball anyway.
The proposition is that if the pass is wayward and obviously goes to the other team, then the dropped ball should go to the opponent.
