Former Arsenal forward Alan Smith has labeled Takehiro Tomiyasu's sending-off against Crystal Palace as 'harsh'.<br /><br />The Japan international was sent off for two bookable offenses during Arsenal's clash with Crystal Palace, the first after being yellow carded for time wasting - holding the ball for just eight seconds.<br /><br />This comes after Martin Odegaard put his side ahead after Eddie Nketiah won a penalty, being brought down after rounding Sam Johnstone. <br /><br />Speaking on Sky Sports during the clash, Smith said: 'I’m not wearing my Arsenal colors here but to get sent off for that, I know it’s his second yellow, it just seems harsh. <br /><br />'A tug of the shirt I can understand but there wasn’t much there at all'.<br /><br />The sending-off comes after the Premier League introduced new standards to crack down on time wasting.<br /><br />Kai Havertz held the ball for several seconds before passing it onto Tomiyasu to take a throw-in for the Gunners.<br /><br />Taking just eight seconds to throw the ball into play, the referee booked the Arsenal defender as he was deemed to be time-wasting.<br /><br />His second yellow came after he tripped a Crystal Palace player, with Arsenal reduced to ten men.<br /><br />This saw Gabriel introduced from the bench as Arsenal held a narrow lead over their London rivals.
