Angry Manager Arteta, We Lost Due to VAR Misjudgment

Angry Manager Arteta: “We Lost Due to VAR Misjudgment… EPL Shame”

Arsenal concedes the winning goal against Newcastle after VAR and loses for the first time in the league.

Mikel Arteta, manager of English professional soccer team Arsenal, strongly protested against giving up the winning goal to Newcastle United after a video review (VAR), calling it a 'shameful and disgraceful thing'.

According to the BBC on the 5th (Korean time), Manager Arteta said, "I cannot accept the decision about Newcastle's winning goal. We had no reason to lose the game." 카지노사이트킹

“We lost because of an obvious mistake of judgment,” he said.

Coach Arteta said, “I spent over 20 years in the English professional soccer Premier League (EPL), which is said to be the best in the world, and now I feel embarrassed to be a member of this league.”

He added, “This result is a result of this league.”

"We are not up to the standard we should have," he said.

Arsenal conceded the winning goal to Anthony Gordon in the 19th minute of the second half in the 2023-2024 EPL 11th round away game against Newcastle held at St. James Park in Newcastle, England on this day, making it 0-1. lost.

Arsenal had been undefeated since the opening, but suffered their first loss of the season on this day and was placed in 3rd place (24 points, 7 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss).

Gordon's goal was recognized as a goal after a VAR review that lasted about four minutes.

In this process, a total of three scenes were subject to reading.

First, in the scene where Newcastle's Joe Willock saved the ball just before it crossed the goal line from the left corner, the surface that the ball directly touched was outside the line, but when a vertical line was drawn, it was judged that the round part of the ball was on the line.

Next, it took about a minute to determine whether Newcastle's Joelin Tong committed a foul while competing with Arsenal defender Gabrielle in front of the goal, but the referee judged that it was not a problem.

Afterwards, the decision as to whether Gordon was in an offside position when he pushed the ball in with his right foot continued for about 1 minute and 30 seconds.

As a result of the VAR review of all three parts, the decision was made in favor of Newcastle, and the goal was recognized as is.

In response to this, Coach Mikel Arteta said, “It is not a goal for many reasons,” and even expressed, “I feel like throwing up.”

After saying the VAR review of the three shots "made the situation even worse", Arteta

dismissed a question about what decision was wrong, saying "It's simple.

It wasn't a goal."

Meanwhile, Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said: "It looked like a good goal to me."