Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has expressed his displeasure with recent disputed rulings, calling them a “absolute disgrace” and condemning the Premier League’s officiating standard.
Over the last few days, chaos ruled as Premier League fans were treated to some very enthralling clashes in the latest round of fixtures. Tottenham Hotspur were defeated 4-1 at home by Chelsea on Monday night in what turned out to be an extraordinarily entertaining encounter. Reported By football london
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Spurs had two players sent -, survived a number of major VAR decisions, and had a goal disallowed. The Blues had two of their own goals called off before crossing the line, and technology was a hot topic earlier in the game week as well.
Indeed, when Arsenal visited Newcastle United on Saturday night, both teams engaged in a highly contested battle. However, it appeared that Magpies midfielder Bruno Guimares overstepped the line and was fortunate not to be sent off, while there were multiple reasons to rule out the game’s sole goal, but Antony Gordon’s strike was allowed to stand.
Following the game, Mikel Areta had a remarkable press conference in which he lambasted referees, saying, “I have to be the one coming now here to try to defend the club and please ask for help because it is an absolute disgrace that this goal is allowed.” It’s a total embarrassment.” “We’ve been taking it up (with the PGMOL) for months,” he added.
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The Gunners look to be planning a meeting with the PGMOL in the near future. According to the Daily Mail, the North London club is planning to create a dossier of rulings that have gone against them while they have been “at war” with the referees. Arsenal will refer to all previous decisions at the meeting, which we have documented below.
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The Gunners came to Old Trafford unbeaten in the league at the start of last season and appeared to have made a good start against Manchester United when Gabriel Martinelli sprinted through on goal to open the scoring. VAR, on the other hand, had different plans as they ruled the goal out.
Martin Odegaard was found to have likely fouled Christian Eriksen in order to get the ball back, therefore Paul Tierney was sent to the monitor to review his on-field decision. It wasn’t a glaring error, but after VAR intervened, the referee chose to call the foul and rule out the goal. PGMOL later admitted their error, but the damage had already been done as the Red Devils won the match 3-1.
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