Arteta Hits Out At VAR For Not Checking Penalty Claim

Arteta has slammed the VAR’s approach of dealing with a penalty claim during the game with City.

Arsenal lost 1-0 Manchester City at Etihad Stadium. Raheem Sterling made the only goal, while Bukayo Saka and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed three opportunities to net a ball.

However, Kyle Walker’s foot came close to Gabriel’s head – and the VAR failed to investigate that incident thoroughly and and didn’t give a penalty. Arteta admitted that there was no way the VAR had checked it properly.

“That has to be checked,” he told Sky Sports.

“They said that they checked, and I said, ‘How the hell have you checked if you took two seconds to check that action?’. Obviously, there is something there.”

“I am upset because I think we deserved more from the game,” he said. “I am extremely happy with the performance we put in against a top, top team, to play with the courage we did and to make it as difficult as we did, I cannot demand much more from the players.

“When you have three big chances in this game, you have to score. I think the three of them were really good chances and then the situation we have with Kyle Walker from the corner.”

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