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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.
Written by Louise Taylor at St James’ Park
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/04/mikel-arteta-labels-arsenals-defeat-by-newcastle-a-disgrace-after-var-furore under the title “‘Absolute disgrace’: Mikel Arteta slams VAR after Gordon winner for Newcastle”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
