Brentford’s equalising goal against Arsenal yesterday shouldn’t have stood and Gary Lineker agrees with that submission.
The Gunners were robbed of a return to winning ways by that Ivan Toney strike, and Mikel Arteta was sure it should not have stood.
VAR took a look at it and still got it wrong, a decision that could prove costly in the title race.
After the game, Arteta insisted in interviews that the goal should not have stood and The Athletic posted it on Twitter.
Lineker showed his agreement by retweeting it with a reply: “He’s right.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
VAR has been very disruptive to our football and the critical decisions made with the help of the technology could be the difference between winning and losing the league title.
We have had a good season and should have bounced back from the loss to Everton in this game.
As things stand, if Manchester City wins their next two matches, our title challenge will be a whole lot harder.
We started this season hoping to make the top four, but we have relished the title challenge so far, so it is a setback that we haven’t gotten all three points against the Bees.
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Same Lee Mason has cost us five points. Three for the Man U away game and two for the Brentford game. He clearly is biased or doesn’t know his job. Sack him!
The obvious fact is that, since the Epl restart after the Worlds Cup has ended. The Gunners goals scoring output in the Epl has reduced, and sometimes was none existence as us had witnessed in our home and away matches against Newcaste and to Everton.
Saved at Spurs when we scored twice to beat them, Arsenal’s goal scoring has remained low key. An unpleasant situation in the team that needs addressing quickly by Arteta to stop the unpleasant from continuing to stall Arsenal goals scoring needs no more to be emphasized.
Yes, agreed and accepted that that Ivan Toney’s equalising goal for Brentford against Arsenal that saw the match ended in a 1-1 draw game was 100% an offside goal that shouldn’t have stood but ruled out.
Even the Pgmol has attested to the offside of the goal. But that attestation by the Pgmol has not changed the 1-1 final score-line of the result of the match. Thus consequently Arsenal have dropped 2 valuable points in the Epl title race which they are in the front leading this season.
Arsenal should have killed off Brentford in the game with a 2nd goal after Trossard had given us a one goal lead in the match. Or score another goal after Toney’s equaliser and hold on to it to win the match. Or be resilient in match defending to allow any Brentford players to score to equalise in the game. Toney or no Toney.
So, us too are at a fault in the match.
The obvious fact is that, since the Epl restart after the Worlds Cup has ended. The Gunners goals scoring output in the Epl has reduced, and sometimes was none existence as us had witnessed in our home and away matches against Newcaste and to Everton.
Saved at Spurs when we scored twice to beat them, Arsenal’s goal scoring has remained low key. An unpleasant situation in the team that needs addressing quickly by Arteta to stop the unpleasant from continuing to stall Arsenal goals scoring needs no more to be emphasized.
Yes, agreed and accepted that that Ivan Toney’s equalising goal for Brentford against Arsenal that saw the match ended in a 1-1 draw game was 100% an offside goal that shouldn’t have stood but ruled out.
Even the Pgmol has attested to the offside of the goal. But that attestation by the Pgmol has not changed the 1-1 final score-line of the result of the match. Thus consequently Arsenal have dropped 2 valuable points in the Epl title race which they are in the front leading this season.
Arsenal should have killed off Brentford in the game with a 2nd goal after Trossard had given us a one goal lead in the match. Or score another goal after Toney’s equaliser and hold on to it to win the match. Or be resilient in match defending to not allow any Brentford players to score to equalise in the game. Toney or no Toney.
So, us too are at a fault in the match.
All teams can under perform & struggle to score when a single hard gained goal still gets them all 3 points. Brentford didn’t score but VAR’s negligence & ineptitude granted them a goal. It’s ridiculous to blame our players for not scoring more or defending better when the result should have been “One nil to the Arsenal” .
Looks like Mason will be sacked. Hope they get someone to do the job correctly.
Trouble is Reggie that the mistake should not have been made. It wasn’t difficult to determine and Arsenal potentially missed out on 3 points.
I can understand minuscule errors or interpretations but the Toney goal wasn’t in that category.
Exactly, it’s one of the most blatant mistake by an official
People cant have it all ways. Some saying VAR should not take long, well there was a few things being looked at and he rushed and missed it. If he had took 10 mins to get it right People would moan it took too long. I dont forgive him but you cant have it all ways. For me, i dont care how long it takes as long as its right.
In this case, if VAR was done right, it would not have taken that long. When checking for offside after a goal is scored, VAR should review the latest action before the goal then onto the earlier action.
For Toney’s goal, Mason failed to review the latest action first. Instead, he reviewed the earlier action (Pinnock blocking GM) before the latest action (Norgaard’s assist). If Mason had reviewed Norgaard’s assist first and ruled him offside, it would be irrelevant to review Pinnock’s interference, thereby saving 3 mins on doing something totally redundant.
The main issue here is that VAR went in the wrong order. If it was conducted in the right order, it would have saved time and increased the chances of getting it right by minimizing the workload and time pressure of the VAR
Lee Mason is one the Arsenal haters so am not surprised. Having said that, we should do our basic bits. Rest Nketia, Xhaka and White. Start Trossard, Martinelli at CF, Zinchenko at CM, KT and Tommi at full backs and see the difference. But Arteta I know will not.
At last we are seeing common sense prevail.
It had nothing to do with VAR, rather the ineptitude of an individual who should be replaced immediately, as should the incompetent who didn’t see the most blatant handball at West Ham.
With VAR now at the stage where it has been honed to record and supply every scenario to a, supposedly, trained official, there should be no need for such blatant mistakes.