Fulham boss Marco Silva slammed match officials after their 2-2 draw at Arsenal.

Silva was furious over Calvin Bassey's dismissal for two yellow cards. The defender was initially booked for taking too long with a goal kick before receiving a second for blocking Eddie Nketiah.

Silva said: "The first yellow card for Calvin is a joke, and of course we understand the new circumstances (rules). They are taking all the emotion from the game because it is going to protect the big clubs because you have to see consistency in the decisions.

"For sure if you play for Fulham, or for other clubs and take 10-15 seconds to take a throw-in or in a goal kick it will be a yellow card, a player will always be under pressure because if you make a foul, it will be a second yellow card.

"For the other clubs it is not the same. If you see one of the first throw-ins for (Thomas) Partey, he took much more time than Calvin at the goal-kick. It was not a yellow card. Why? Because they were losing the game? It is always going to be not the big clubs who suffer more.

"No one listens to us, we knew this was going to happen."