Kai Havertz' 'dive' during Arsenal's clash with Brentford was the perfect scenario for a blue card, according to Graeme Souness.

Football rulemakers left the world shocked earlier this year when announcing plans for a blue card to be trialled for dissent and 'anti-football' actions.

These could include simulation, cheating and abusing referees, with the punishment being a spell in a sin bin before returning to action.

Those plans have since been shelved, even if the idea of a sin bin being introduced is still being explored.

Havertz was a central figure in Arsenal's 2-1 win over Brentford after netting a late winner in the game, however Thomas Frank wasn't impressed due to his belief that the German star should have already been sent off.

Having already been booked, Havertz dived in the penalty area as he tried to win a penalty, but due to the decision going to VAR, no second yellow was allowed to be awarded.

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Souness had already spoken about his feeling that Havertz could have been given a blue card for his antics, something that he explained on Monday's White And Jordan.

Asked if he believes that a blue card could have been a worthy punishment for Havertz, Souness said: “100 per cent.

“If you ask 100 people what annoys them most in football they’d say it’s diving or pretending they’re injured so we eradicate it in two weeks if we introduce a sin bin.

“What would happen is that a team goes down to 10 men, in some cases concede a goal and then lose the game and so the managers would be after them.

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“I was working with Micah Richards on Sky one day and he said that Jack Grealish ‘buys fouls’. I asked him to explain and he said ‘he buys fouls, he goes down when he’s hardly been touched’

“So you’re trying to influence the referee and no matter what way you dress it up, you’re cheating and so in two weekends of the Premier League we eradicate it.”

Jim White then explained a scenario where Havertz spends 10 minutes in the sin bin and then comes out to score the winner, to which Souness said: “But maybe