Referee Andrew Madley refused to award Arsenal two penalty kicks, although replay showed London defender Gabriel had his shirt stripped inside the penalty area in the 60th minute, as well as Jacob Murphy , the away defender, who touched the ball with his hand inside the penalty area in the calculated time instead of losing.
Arteta’s statement "angry" After the networking meeting "Sky Sports" Sports:
• "I am very proud of my players. The way we played and controlled the game. We needed the spark in the final third. We had two scandalous penalties".
• "There were two penalties. It’s very simple. I speak of what I have seen. They were two scandalous sanctions".
• "I think we lacked the finishing touch to wrap up the chances in this match".
• "When you can’t win, you mustn’t lose. We kept a clean sheet and played very well".
And it was Arsenal The win serves to widen the gap to her closest rivals to 10 points, but she settled for a point ahead of Newcastle Che presented a strong defensive performance to maintain his undefeated record from last August.
With this draw, Arsenal’s tally rises to 44 points from 17 games, 8 points against Manchester City, who still have one game to play, and 9 against Newcastle, who are third.
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However, the match ended in a goalless draw Arteta He believes his team, the leaders, deserved two penalties, considering the match witnessed “two refereeing scandals”.
Referee Andrew Madley refused to award Arsenal two penalty kicks, although replay showed London defender Gabriel had his shirt stripped inside the penalty area in the 60th minute, as well as Jacob Murphy , the away defender, who touched the ball with his hand inside the penalty area in the calculated time instead of losing.
Arteta’s “angry” statements after the match to the sports network “Sky Sport”:
• “I’m very proud of my players. The way we played and controlled the match. We needed the spark in the last third. We received two huge penalties.”
• “There were two penalties. It’s very simple. I’m talking about what I saw. They were two scandalous penalties.”
• “I think we lacked the finishing touch to close the chances in this match.”
• “When you can’t win, you shouldn’t lose. We kept a clean sheet and performed very well.”
And it was Arsenal The win serves to widen the gap to her closest rivals to 10 points, but she settled for a point ahead of Newcastle Che presented a strong defensive performance to maintain his undefeated record from last August.
With this draw, Arsenal’s tally rises to 44 points from 17 games, 8 points against Manchester City, who still have one game to play, and 9 against Newcastle, who are third.
