Mikel Arteta has insisted that Arsenal ought to have been awarded a spot-kick throughout their 1-1 in opposition to Burnley on Saturday.
Firstly, referee Andre Marriner pulls out a purple card and sends off Erik Pieters for intentionally blocking Pepe’d shot on the road, he stated.
After a overview by the Video Assistant Ref, it was discovered that the ball struck the participant on the shoulder and VAR overturned it.
Arsenal had one other penalty attraction when Pieters dealt with the ball inside his personal field however Burnley survived the robust declare by Arsenal.
Reacting to the penalty attraction after the sport, Arteta informed reporters, “If that isn’t a penalty then somebody has to elucidate to me what’s.”
EPL: Arteta reacts as referee Marriner refuses to award Pieters’ handball