The thing about footballers is they’ve had to work so incredibly hard to get where they are, while they also need to have a fierce competitive streak to drive them on.
That means they will insist they are fine to play on if they take a knock, so it really shouldn’t be up to them to make that decision if they take a blow to the head.
All of the attention was correctly given to Raul Jimenez earlier this evening after he clashed heads with David Luiz, but the Arsenal defender wasn’t exactly in a good way himself.
He needed to be bandaged up and you could see in his eyes that the lights were on but there wasn’t necessarily anybody at home, so there’s no way that he should’ve played on after that moment.
Arsenal waited until half time to actually withdraw him from the field, and it’s a move that’s been criticised by plenty of fans: