da 888： Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has discussed whether Arsenal should have had a penalty against Burnley, and many Gunners’ fans have made their views clear about his comments.
da bet7k： There was controversy when Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor on Saturday. During the second half, the ball had hit Erik Pieters’ arm and, after a long VAR check, the Gunners were denied a spot kick. Former referee Peter Walton has said he was surprised that the decision didn’t go in Arsenal’s favour but could understand why it wasn’t given as a penalty (Football.London).
Gallagher has now given his opinion about the incident and, speaking to Sky Sports (via Football Daily on Twitter), the former Premier League referee said that, if a penalty was given for the Pieters handball, he wouldn’t have had too many complaints about it.
As a result of the draw at Turf Moor, Arsenal remain tenth in the Premier League. They have only 38 points to their name and are nine points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, who occupy the last Champions League spot (BBC Sport).
The video involving Gallagher and his opinion was relayed on Twitter by Arsenal-related page AFCStuff, duly eliciting plenty of reaction from angry Gooners:
What did Arsenal fans make of Gallagher’s opinion?
“If this biased ex ref can say this, then I think those match officials should tender an official apology to Arsenal FC & should resign with immediate effect.”
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“It was a 100% nailed on penalty, no excuses, it wasn’t given because it was in Arsenals favour.”
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“Imo what’s the point of VAR if in the end it still the refs who decides whether if it’s a foul or not. We need VAR to works just like goal line technology that makes the decision by itself.”Credit: @audiyordana”Absolutely rubbish. What happen to common sense in the game. talking about what’s subjected decision or what’s not. it’s similar question mate, was that a penalty or not? I didn’t ask for philosophical question about what it is or what is not. He’s part of the problem.”Credit: @Nasri_mo10″You know it’s bad when even Gallagher says the decision was wrong.”Credit: @Arsenalinjected”Ex ref saying it is a pen. The @FA and @premierleague. Need to fix up mothers. CORRUPTION.”Credit: @_AFCFREDIn other news, Arsenal are the front-runners to sign a Premier League starlet – read more here.