After the match, coach Mikel Arteta strongly criticized the referee's decision to recognize the goal as well as VAR. He said: "This is a shameful thing that happened in the Premier League, the best league in the world, but there was injustice."
Coach Mikel Arteta (right) was angry with the referee's decision to recognize the goal
Newcastle and Arsenal delivered a thrilling match with high tempo and many exciting situations. After a goalless first half, the turning point of the match took place in the 64th minute when referee Stuart Attwell and the VAR team awarded Anthony Gordon's goal to the home team.
After Newcastle's goal, coach Mikel Arteta reacted strongly. He said that it was not a valid goal.
Accordingly, in Newcastle's attack, Jacob Murphy shot, sending the ball close to the touchline. Midfielder Joe Willock tried to save the ball and crossed it to Joelinton, Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes tried to clear the ball. However, the ball fell right into Anthony Gordon's position, helping this player easily score for Newcastle.
VAR checked three possibilities that could have disallowed Newcastle's goal: whether the ball had gone out of bounds, whether Joelinton had fouled Gabriel Magalhaes and whether Anthony Gordon was offside.
VAR checks, but then awards goal to Newcastle
Finally, after a period of checking, the referee and VAR recognized the goal for Newcastle. This goal helped Newcastle regain 6th place with 20 points, while Arsenal dropped to 3rd place, 3 points behind Man City (24 points compared to 27). Before that, Man City easily won Bournemouth with a score of 6-1.
Regarding Newcastle's goal, English football commentators such as Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher also gave many conflicting opinions on Sky Sports. Because the situation was very close and it was very difficult to determine whether the goal was actually valid or not.
Anthony Gordon scored the only goal for Newcastle
"VAR did not change the referees' decision on Newcastle's goal. They did not find enough evidence/camera angles to overturn the three incidents. They could not say the ball went out when they could not be 100% sure. Without VAR, the goal would still have been awarded," Jamie Carragher commented. Meanwhile, Gary Neville said: "VAR awarded the goal because they did not find any convincing evidence to overturn the referee's decision."
Meanwhile, coach Mikel Arteta affirmed: "If there is a winner, it is Arsenal. This is an unfair result when VAR and the referee recognized an invalid goal." On Newcastle's side, coach Eddie Howe defended the referee's decision as reasonable. He affirmed that Arsenal was lucky that Kai Havertz did not receive a red card for a dangerous foul.
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