‘Absolute disgrace’: Mikel Arteta slams VAR after Gordon winner for Newcastle https://ift.tt/JBK3trZ Louise Taylor at St James' Park Arsenal head coach calls decision to allow winner ‘embarrassing’ Gunners’ 1-0 loss is their first Premier League defeat of season An incandescent Mikel Arteta labelled Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle “a disgrace” after Anthony Gordon’s winning goal stood despite VAR checks for three possible problems. It was Arsenal’s first Premier League loss of the season but Arteta had no doubt he and his players were the victims of an outrageous miscarriage of justice. It was ultimately decided that there was no proof that the ball had gone out of play before Joe Willock crossed it, and the ruling was that Joelinton had not committed a foul while challenging Gabriel, and Gordon was judged not to be offside. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/lXwRp6F November 04, 2023 at 11:48PM

• Arsenal head coach calls decision to allow winner ‘embarrassing’
• Gunners’ 1-0 loss is their first Premier League defeat of season

An incandescent Mikel Arteta labelled Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle “a disgrace” after Anthony Gordon’s winning goal stood despite VAR checks for three possible problems.

It was Arsenal’s first Premier League loss of the season but Arteta had no doubt he and his players were the victims of an outrageous miscarriage of justice. It was ultimately decided that there was no proof that the ball had gone out of play before Joe Willock crossed it, and the ruling was that Joelinton had not committed a foul while challenging Gabriel, and Gordon was judged not to be offside.

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