Dagestani: "I hope Pepe plays 90 in all of the Europa games coming up. He needs to a) be accountable and prove he’s willing to put the mistake past him, and b) take up minutes for Nelson and (shudder) Willian so they’re fresh for the league."
Gonzales: "I would be surprised if he plays on Thursday. I think Arteta will be thinking that there has to be a consequence for Pepe’s action which I’d assume he'll be dropped for Thursday. An apology is obviously the right step for Pepe to take and I hope he’s not frozen out but missing one game (not counting the suspension) seems ‘fair’.
"Assuming he trains well and takes it on the chin he should be back for the other two EL games though."
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Patrick Guivarch: "He'll come back with a bang. I'm 100% certain Nico Pepe will deliver and become an Arsenal legend COYG."
Gunner4lyf: "Apology accepted, learn to control your anger to avoid reoccurrence."
CLEVERS: "Guendouzi should learn some lessons from Pepe's action. A simple apology after the Neal Maupay incident could have saved his nascent Arsenal career."
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Red London (Arsenal Mania): "I think the fact he did this after publicly saying he wants more game time says quite a lot. It's like he wanted to prove something but he doesn't know how to channel it in the right way.
"Instead of being really concentrated, alert and hard working he expressed it in anger. I did notice him tryna work harder but in the end maybe he doesn't know how to be intense in the manner he should."
Tony Adams (Gooners World): "I like the fact he headbutted him. His body language sometimes suggests he doesn't give a shit. The headbutt suggests he does."
