The Premier League He is not free from arbitration controversy even at Christmas. In recent days, the referees of the English competition, including VARmade a series of mistakes that raised the level of complaints from coaches and questioned the level of referees in the best league.
Despite the introduction of technology, controversy has not subsided in the world’s most important league and there are plays that are impossible to clarify even with it. This is the case of what happened this Thursday in the match between Arsenal and the West Ham United within Emirates Stadiumwhere the ‘Hammers’ went on to score a goal that was impossible to determine whether it was legal or not.
The cameras will not capture if the pass Jarrod Bowen from the baseline cross the field boundaries or not. No shot decided it 100% and proved the point, resulting in a 0-1 defeat of Arsenalwho lost his chance to be a leader.
“They just told me that the image is inconclusive. It’s a shame that with the technology we have we won’t know if it’s out there. It’s already happened and there’s nothing we can do,” he said. Mikel Artetawho suffered a similar situation two months ago when the Newcastle United He beat them by equal scores.
At the time, the Spanish coach described the refereeing as a “disgrace” and “disgrace”, but the English federation disapproved.
The mistakes where the Arsenal These days do not end here and the fight against Liverpool in Anfieldnot given a penalty for handball Martin Odegaard very controversial. The college of referees of Premier League (PGMOL, for its acronym in English) had to issue a statement and explain that the penalty was not called because the arm of Odegaard He goes towards his body and not towards the ball.
Another controversial penalty is that directed at City of Manchester against him Everton. Amadou Onana stop a shot Nathan Ake arms raised. The referee, surrounded by several City players – which is not allowed and should be penalized – awarded the maximum penalty and the ‘Cityzens’ completed the comeback against Everton.
“It was a completely natural action. He didn’t raise his arm to stop the ball, he was jumping to block the ball. For a penalty is something very rare in my world, but I must be from another planet, ” he said. Sean Dyche on Amazon Prime after the game.
Beyond this, Ange PostecoglouTottenham Hotspur coach, was very critical of the refereeing in his match against Brighton & Hove Albionwhere he complained that Lewis Dunk should have been sent off for a dangerous studs-first tackle on They left Kulusevski.
“It’s incredible that the VAR I saw everything but a tackle that could have ended with one of our injured players,” said the coach of Tottenham.
Despite being worn VAR established for several years, this is the worst possible season for refereeing in England. Because the error in Tottenham-Liverpoolwhere a legal purpose of Luis Diaz due to a communication error with the VAR, up to the penalty with a temporary decrease in the position of Anthony Taylor for giving punishment that is not Newcastle UnitedEdit against him Wolverhamptonwhich goes through the law of advantage that Simon Hooper cut in a counter attack Jack Grealish in a three-way tie match Tottenham Hotspur and which cost City £120,000 due to referee complaints.
Source: La Verdad
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