Panel says Newcastle goal vs. Arsenal was correct decision،
The Premier League’s independent Key Match Incidents Committee has ruled that the referee and VAR were correct to award Newcastle United’s winning goal against Arsenal on Saturday – but officials missed two red cards.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was furious that Anthony Gordon’s winning goal was allowed by referee Stuart Attwell, with three separate VAR checks for the ball to be out of play, a foul on Gabriel by Joelinton and an offside against the scorer. During the three checks, the VAR, Andy Madley, could not find conclusive evidence of an infringement.
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Arsenal, as a club, doubled down on their criticism of the referee on Sunday, issuing a statement in support of Arteta.
The panel’s findings, seen by ESPN, indicate on a 4-1 vote that “although Joelinton had a hand on Gabriel, there was not enough to assign a foul because Gabriel had made an action to play the ball before any contact. while also confirming the view that there was insufficient evidence to overturn the goal on both factual infractions.
However, the panel was unanimous that Kai Havertz should have been sent off for Arsenal in the 36th minute for his challenge on Sean Longstaff as it was a “very dangerous challenge and the type of tackle that needs to be eradicated » – a decision that would have changed the direction of the game.
Bruno Guimarães’ arm to the head of Arsenal’s Jorginho in the 45th minute was also a missed red card, but on a 3-2 split decision for VAR to get involved.
The panel is made up of five members, made up of three former players and/or coaches, plus one representative each from the Premier League and PGMOL. It was created at the start of last season to give an independent assessment of decision-making rather than relying on the views of PGMOL or the clubs themselves. The judgment aims to provide an independent assessment of all major match-related incidents.
Elsewhere, the decision to award an injury-time winning penalty to Sheffield United against Wolverhampton Wanderers was also unanimously deemed incorrect – the second time VAR has wrongly failed to overturn a spot kick against the team by Gary O’Neil consecutively. weeks.
All other VAR decisions last weekend, including those in the Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea match, were found to be correct. However, the panel felt that Destiny Udogie should have received a red card from the referee for her first-half challenge on Raheem Sterling, but it was not a clear and obvious error for VAR to intervene on.
