Arsenal began the season on a very strong note, trashing basically everything that came there way. It was as though they'd suddenly found their long-lost spark, and all of a sudden they're back into the title challengers discussion. But despite this, VAR seems as though they've vowed to take every action to make sure Arsenal don't win the league title.
Firstly, it's worth noting that true VAR calls might not be 100 percent yet, but for a league that many deem the best in the world and which also has the record of the most viewed all over the world, they ought to do things one step ahead. Instead, they are in the business of making the most ridiculous mistakes that most lower league teams might not even make.
For instance, in the last match between Arsenal and Brentford at the Emirates, regarding the Brentford equalizer, how can you possibly say you're checking for a possible offside and yet you didn't draw the line to know the margin between the last defender and the Brentford charging attackers?
After the match, the team is now sending an apology to the team for the silly mistake made by their official. Will the apologies redeem the point or what? , I learned the same thing happened in the Brighton and Hove Albion match where a clean goal was ruled out for offside. I watched the replay, and I think even a trainee football official wouldn't make such a mistake by drawing the line and leaving one opponent defender behind the line draw to call for an offside.
The same FA who are now silent are the ones who are quick to always fine Arsenal FC for failure to control the behaviors of their players for complaining against glaring fouls against us that weren't given. The English FA are definitely not fans of Arsenal winning the league because if you can fine Arsenal for player complaining, then I see no reason why United shouldn't receive a fine on a weekly basis. I'm not sure a week has gone by without Fenades and his teammate not holding the ref to ransom with loud roars.
Now aside from this, here are some visible VAR mistakes that have plagued the Arsenal offense throughout the season.
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It all began against Manchester United, of cause all United goals were neat, but ruling Arsenal's opening goal for a foul seems ridiculous when Odegaard barely touched Eriksen, and also in the match we saw how Harrold Maguire fouled Saka in the box and yet there wasn't any penalty given. How can you deem a light touch to overrule a goal and then fail to call for penalty for a major tackle in the box?
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I also remembered how the men of Aston Villa wrestled Saka down in the box as if they were playing rugby, and at the end of the day no foul was given. The same thing happened against Southampton against Gabriel Jesus, and there too we were all left to stand in awe at how sentimental the officials are against Arsenal, especially when it comes to the use of VAR.
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I remembered how Douglas Luiz's direct corner kick goal was allowed to stand despite the fact that it was obvious the Arsenal goalkeeper was fouled in the buildup to that goal. One of the most recent was against Newcastle United, when one of the players dragged Gabriel cloth in the box. This was very obvious, but in the end Arsenal got a consolation for it not being a penalty.
My question is for how long such sentimental officiating will continue, because I know Arsenal also got so lucky in the Var decision, which is very rare. In fact, the only one I saw this season was the handball Gabriel did in our box against Liverpool. Liverpool definitely deserve a penalty, and for the league to be sweet without anyone being targeted, the rules have to be the same. You can make it favor some and then turn it all around for others.
I hope things turn out well for Arsenal soon, even though they seem to have lost the spark in the final third in recent weeks. Let's see what the Wednesday game against City holds, and then we can know our fate thereafter.
Thanks so much for reading, have a blessed day.
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