Controversial Penalty Decision Sparks Debate: Tuchel, Arteta, and Ferdinand Weigh In

2024-04-09 22:35:00

If the London public rose as one, Mikel Arteta’s players rushed towards Glenn Nyberg to claim a penalty. While the game continued in the Arsenal camp, without Bukayo Saka remaining on the ground on the other side of the field, the Swedish referee remained with his finger glued to his earpiece for a few seconds and finally whistled the end of the game. the meeting angering the Red and White.

“It looked like a penalty to me,” said Gunners second scorer Leandro Trossard, speaking to TNT Sports upon his return to the locker room. “I think there was real contact in this action.” In England, the controversy is starting to swell, media and social networks combined. Former Manchester United defender (2002-2014), Rio Ferdinand did not understand the 23rd man’s decision and made it known in front of the cameras.

The VAR referees should have asked the central referee to watch the action

“Manuel Neuer lets his leg drag. There must be a penalty. The VAR referees should have asked the central referee to go see the action because the decision he makes is very important in this type of match”, said the star consultant of TNT Sports. Martin Keown, his colleague and former Arsenal defender from the 2004 Invincibles era, went in the same direction. “I find it quite alarming that he did not whistle a penalty,” he insisted.

For his part, Mikel Arteta preferred not to argue at the press conference: “The decision has been made, we cannot change that. We could have done much better this evening”. Which was not the case for Thomas Tuchel. Indeed, the German coach demanded a penalty for his team. The cause ? On an action in the second half, when the referee blew the whistle for a replay and Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya passed the ball to Gabriel, the ex-Lille player used his hand to replace the ball.

Tuchel and Kane also rail against refereeing

“We tell our players that it’s a young mistake, that doesn’t happen in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. It’s a new form of rule, it’s incredible,” railed the former PSG technician. “Okay, it’s a stupid mistake, but it’s clearly a penalty. It’s football, that’s how it is,” Harry Kane also said on Prime Video. After the controversies, time to recover before a new explanation of the text in eight days in Bavaria.

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