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<\/div>\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta called the video assistant referee\u2019s decision to allow Newcastle\u2019s goal in their 1-0 win \u201cembarrassing\u201d and a \u201cdisgrace\u201d.<\/p>\n
Anthony Gordon bundled in the only goal with three VAR checks \u2013 to see if the ball went out of play, if there was a foul and if there was an offside \u2013 all coming back in Newcastle\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n
The result\u00a0ended Arsenal\u2019s unbeaten Premier League start.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI have to be here now to say it is not acceptable,\u201d Arteta told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t deserve to lose the match. We lose the match because of the clear and obvious decisions. It\u2019s embarrassing. A disgrace. That\u2019s what it is \u2013 a disgrace.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot imagine the amount of messages I got saying this cannot continue. I am wasting my time. We are wasting our time. I don\u2019t want to be in the hands of people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Spaniard continued to BBC Sport: \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing what happened \u2013 how this goal stands, in the Premier League \u2013 this league we say is the best in the world. I\u2019ve been 20 years in this country and now I feel ashamed. It\u2019s a disgrace and there\u2019s too much at stake here. We are trying to do incredible things and be at the highest level each week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe outcome is nowhere near the level this league needs to have. It\u2019s not good enough. I feel embarrassed to be part of this.\u201d<\/p>\n In his post-match media conference, Arteta\u2019s fury continued and he added he felt \u201csick\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cFor many reasons it\u2019s not a goal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n On the fact there were three checks, he said: \u201cThat makes it worse \u2013 you need to see one image to say \u2018OK, finished\u2019. Then if in doubt you check the second one and then they\u2019re saying this is a goal. OK then.\u201d<\/p>\n When asked which decision he thought was wrong, he said: \u201cThis is really the question. It\u2019s not a goal \u2013 it\u2019s simple. For a goal to be allowed there are certain things prior to that that are not allowed in football \u2013 here and in China, in Japan, in Italy, in Portugal, and Spain. That\u2019s what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, unsurprisingly, felt differently.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looked a good goal to me,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re in the dark, we\u2019re stood by the side of the pitch seeing VAR on the screen but with no pictures. With every VAR check that was going on we thought one would cost us in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n It came at the end of a day when another Premier League manager, Wolves boss Gary O\u2019Neil, claimed \u201cwe\u2019re in a crazy place\u201d with referees after Sheffield United were given a last-minute penalty which they scored to\u00a0beat his team 2-1.<\/p>\n Joe Willock tried to keep a wayward shot from Jacob Murphy in play near the corner flag before steadying himself and swinging in a cross. Joelinton beat Gabriel in the air before knocking the ball down into the path of Gordon.<\/p>\n With goalkeeper David Raya off his line, Gordon smashed into the net from close range.<\/p>\n Referee Stuart Attwell awarded the goal \u2013 and then the VAR checks began. Just over four minutes of them.<\/p>\n Former Newcastle winger Chris Waddle, watching the game for BBC Radio 5 Live, initially said \u201cthere\u2019s no way that this is a goal\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there will be a VAR check on this because a lot of things happened throughout that move,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were pushes, the ball looked like it may have gone out of play from Murphy\u2019s shot, then the challenge into the back of Gabriel from Joelinton almost on the goalline.\u201d<\/p>\n So first there was a check to see if Willock had kept the ball in play. \u201cThat\u2019s tight. The curve of the ball, how can you even check that? I\u2019m not sure,\u201d said pundit Gary Neville on Sky Sports. Andrew Madley, the VAR, decided there was no conclusive evidence that the ball was out of play. That check lasted 33 seconds.<\/p>\n Then a check to see if Joelinton had fouled his fellow Brazilian Gabriel to reach the ball first. This one lasted 50 seconds and Madley deemed there was not sufficient contact to award a foul.<\/p>\n And then the final question. Was Gordon offside when Joelinton played the ball? Exactly 90 seconds later the decision was made \u2013 there was no conclusive evidence of offside. They could not find an available camera angle for the VAR to draw the line.<\/p>\n So the goal stood. Three tight decisions, but the officials could not be sure any of them were offences.<\/p>\n Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown felt it was a foul on Gabriel \u2013 but thought Arteta should have waited until he calmed down to speak to the media.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was very emotional. He might have been better placed taking a bit longer before his interviews,\u201d Keown said on BBC Match of the Day. \u201cThere were some decisions I was getting angry with myself.<\/p>\n \u201cI was screaming that\u2019s a foul on Gabriel. That\u2019s two hands. Anywhere else on the pitch that\u2019s a foul. Two hands on his back, off the ground. Gabriel is stooping because he can\u2019t get off the ground. There might have been handball. Virtually everything is wrong with that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Magpies defender Steve Watson, watching the game for BBC Radio Newcastle, felt the first incident was the main risk.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce the ball was deemed to be in play that was the end of it for me,\u201d he said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t really that worried about it. When it takes that long you always try to second guess things.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t see anything regarding the foul and it certainly wasn\u2019t offside. They came to the right decision eventually, but they put you through the mill by doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, on Sky, said: \u201cThe big thing is the ball going out. I don\u2019t think it is a foul. The problem is the camera angle we have is not conclusive so I am glad it has been given.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople will be criticising VAR. Three looks at different things \u2013 how did they get to a goal? People have been very critical of VAR saying it is looking for ways to disallow goals, but you can\u2019t have the argument both ways. If there is not enough evidence to disallow a goal then that should be given a goal.\u201d<\/p>\n At Bramall Lane earlier, referee Robert Jones decided that Fabio Silva had fouled George Baldock in the box and duly awarded a penalty with Wolves set to secure a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n Oliver Norwood converted from the spot to give Sheffield United their\u00a0first win\u00a0of the season, and O\u2019Neil felt the wrong decision had been made.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t really know what to say on it apart from it\u2019s not a penalty. I have spoken to the referee who says there is contact,\u201d he told BBC Match of the Day.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve watched it so many times. It\u2019s minimal contact between Fabio Silva\u2019s shinpad and George Baldock\u2019s calf. If that\u2019s a foul then there were a million fouls in that match today.<\/p>\n \u201cThe referee was so quick to want to give it. It\u2019s never a clear penalty.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know where to go with it. We\u2019re told to go in and have a sensible conversation, but I do and he\u2019s [Robert Jones] still sat there watching it with me and telling me it\u2019s a penalty. That tells me that we\u2019re in a crazy place. \u201c<\/p>\n Former England striker Gary Lineker wrote on X: \u201cAnother stinking decision goes against Wolves. Exactly the same as last week v Newcastle. Another error from VAR.\u201d<\/p>\n Wolves have been on the end of some contentious calls this season, including last weekend when Hwang Hee-chan was deemed to have fouled Fabian Schar in the box and Callum Wilson converted the resulting penalty in a\u00a02-2 draw.<\/p>\n In their first game of the season, Wolves lost 1-0 but\u00a0were denied a last-minute penalty\u00a0after Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana clattered into Sasa Kalajdzic when he came for a cross without making contact with the ball.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Anthony](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/_131621186_gettyimages-1774907550.jpg\")
What happened at St James\u2019 Park?<\/h3>\n
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Wolves boss livid with Blades winner<\/h3>\n
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