Szczesny's X-rated gesture could land him in hot water with UEFA after Gunners keeper sees red against Munich

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Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny could face disciplinary action from UEFA after appearing to make an obscene gesture following his dismissal against Bayern Munich.
The 23-year-old Polish stopper goalkeeper was red-carded after 37 minutes for wiping Arjen Robben out in the penalty area.
After the red card, Szczesny, who was replaced by Lukasz Fabianski, appeared to make an obscene gesture before walking down the tunnel to the changing rooms.

Incident: Arsenal's Wojciech Szczesny leaves the field after his red card and appears to make an obscene gesture

Key moment: Bayern Munich's Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben, right, controls the ball just before Szczesny brings him down

Seeing red: Referee Nicola Rizzoli gives Arsenal keeper Szczesny his marching orders after his foul on Robben

Munich's David Alaba missed the resulting penalty, following on from the earlier spot-kick failure from Arsenal attacking midfielder Mesut Ozil in the first half.
Szczesny's red card is the 100th chalked up by an Arsenal player during the Arsene Wenger era, which began in 1996.
Patrick Vieira tops the list with 10 dismissals, with Martin Keown in second with seven red cards and six players, Dennis Bergkamp, Gilles Grimandi, Laurent Koscielny, Ray Parlour, Emmanuel Petit and Robin van Persie, sitting third with four sendings-off each.

Flashpoint: Arsenal's Patrick Vieira is held away from Manchester United Ruud Van Nistelrooy after he was sent off in 2003

Euro woe: Vieira is shown the red card playing for Arsenal against PSV Eindhoven in the 2004-05 Champions League

Off you go: Arsenal defender Martin Keown is shown a red card against Blackburn by referee Graham Poll, left, and is sent off by David Elleray against Spurs

IT WAS A PENALTY BUT NOT A RED-CARD OFFENCE

Graham Poll's official line 

I can see why Nicola Rizzoli decided to send off Wojciech Szczesny, but I believe it was a penalty and not a red card.
With the benefit of viewing the incident in slow motion, it is clear that Arjen Robben had knocked the ball past the keeper at the time of impact.

The ball was drifting wide of goal as Robben crashed to the ground and I believe it was too far away from the player to constitute a clear and obvious goalscoring chance.
In real time, the majority of referees would have sent Szczesny off but with the benefit of video replay — and playing by the letter of the law — it was a harsh decision.