"No, it's absolutely not [the end of his Arsenal career after the red card]," Mikel Arteta told reporters of Nicolas Pepe as quoted by the club's website. "It's not about that and I don't like that type of statement.
"I will give Nico my full support all the time. He knows where he has to improve and we all know his qualities.
"He has some responsibility, I have a lot of responsibility, which is to get the best out of him and get the best position for him, the best areas where he can do what he can do with the ball. I cannot fault his effort at all.
"You see the way he strives for the team, the way he's working, it's been the best since he's been at the club. But there have been some aspects he can do better in because he has the ability.
"That's where I'm going to put the pressure on him to deliver what he can do. To say it's a threat for him to finish his [Arsenal] career... it's not at all like that."
The Ivorian was sent off at Leeds for headbutting Ezgjan Alioski.
The 25-year-old is now suspended for the Wolverhampton, Burnley and Tottenham games.
