The English Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal courted controversy when Gabrielle Martinelli's goal was disallowed by the VAR for a ...
These incidents are exactly what gave birth to the idea of the VAR – a foul that led to a goal that could change the tide of a match. But a foul that led to a goal? Yes, it’s probably a foul but it’s not a howler of a decision. “VAR has a had an awful weekend but it did it’s job in the first half as it was a foul on Eriksen,” he tweeted. What he initially deemed as a non-foul, was upon further reflection and a replay, given as a foul by him and thus the goal was disallowed. The English Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal courted controversy when Gabrielle Martinelli’s goal was disallowed by the VAR for a foul committed on United player Christian Eriksen.
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Arsenal should have gone on and won it - a better team would have gone on and won it. But I think the next couple of weeks for Arsenal are big. They were like, 'Woah, we've got to watch Arsenal here on the counter-attack'. It goes to 1-1 then concentration levels, they are dominating it and then they get caught with a sucker punch. I thought the triple substitution was a bit of a knee-jerk reaction from Arteta. Arsenal were playing well and they lost their shape.
Martin Odegaard has spoken out following Arsenal's 3-1 defeat against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
[opened the scoring through Gabriel Martinelli before VAR intervened and ruled that Odegaard ](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/fixtures-results/mikel-arteta-calls-consistency-after-24928786)had fouled Christian Eriksen in the build-up to the goal. It’s frustrating and annoying but yeah as I said we should’ve got something out of the game." [Odegaard ](https://www.football.london/all-about/martin-odegaard)was appointed captain at the start of the new campaign and led his team to five wins in a row. The game was there for us to take something, we’re all disappointed, the mood is a bit down but that’s how it is. "I feel like everyone feels like we should’ve got something out of the game. Arsenal had dominated large periods of the game but were stunned by two quickfire goals from Marcus Rashford as United counterattacked the Gunners to great effect.
Piers Morgan and Gary Neville agreed to have a £1000 bet on the outcome of a Premier League game, with the former losing the bet thanks to a resurgent ...
"You have to say when Mikel Arteta made those substitutes, I either thought it'd be a 5-1 or a 3-2 because it looked so bold but the space that Christian Eriksen has is absolutely incredible," said Neville. At the time, the Gunners had won five consecutive games and were sat at the top of the Premier League table, ahead of [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) and [Liverpool](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/liverpool-fc). After that, there was little chance of Arsenal getting back into the game. One of those changes was replacing defender Oleksandr Zinchenko with striker Eddie Nketiah, leaving the Gunners vulnerable at the back. Neville asked Morgan to donate to Bury Cancer Support Centre, an independent charity for anyone who is impacted by the illness. "Yep!" Morgan was referring to Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell, a fictional character from American TV series Prison Break. "Go big of go home." United are also within touching distance of the summit, moving to within three points of Mikel Arteta's side and just one behind Graham Potter's At the time, the Gunners were 2-1 down but playing well. [West Ham](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/west-ham-united-fc) and England midfielder Declan Rice in a shock deadline day move. [Gary Neville](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/gary-neville) over the result of the [Premier League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/premier-league) fixture.
Rashford's brace, Anthony's debut goal inspire Ten Hag's Red Devils to 3-1 win in Premier League.
"I don't listen to the outside noise. He had a great goal but all the goals were team goals." "He will be a threat in the Premier League. I'm the manager," Rodgers said. The results are down to me. "The referee said it was a really soft decision.
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"He's found a way of playing football on the counter-attack with this group of players – why change that?" Antony made the perfect start to life in Manchester as he scored just 35 minutes into his debut. After the match, Ferdinand compared the 24-year-old to Carlos Tevez, following his impressive performance against Arsenal. This was on full display at Old Trafford as the 30-year-old showed off his range of passing and close control. The Brazilian could not help but show just how excited he is to be playing with his new teammates, especially Bruno Fernandes, as he took to Twitter to say: "Thank you captain!! It was very early in the attacking process but there was no chance to reset." And to ensure that happens, the players have been working hard on the training ground today, confirming there has been no time for a break after the win on Sunday. He stood up when United needed a hero and delivered the goods. [Antony](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/antony), fresh from joining the club on transfer deadline day, was thrown straight into the starting line-up and marked his debut with a goal, firing United into a one-goal lead at half-time. The Ivorian joined the French club on a season-long loan deal last month, making the move in an attempt to earn more regular first-team opportunities. United will have strong aspirations of winning the competition this season, meaning they will be expected to continue their recent run of good form. It also ended the Gunners' winning start to the campaign, meaning there is plenty for United and manager Erik ten Hag to be positive about.
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They know and that's how I celebrate." He slipped the ball and I took the chance well." "Sancho made the touch to Marcus and I knew he could slip the ball either way. Yes, it gave me goosebumps for sure." I was very happy to just go with my instinct." "From the moment I stepped on to the pitch, I already had goosebumps because I know how much I wanted to be here and I know how much the crowd wanted this.
The Gunners were left frustrated after seeing an opening goal ruled out for an earlier foul on Eriksen in their 3-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old ...
Arteta was not as complimentary as the United midfielder, saying: “I haven’t seen the action but what they said is that it was a soft foul, so it’s just [about] consistency. After such frustrations during the game, Eriksen's ability to not only be at the centre of the drama but also move on from it so quickly has frustrated fans. [Gabriel Martinelli's first-half opener](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-man-united-var-martinelli-24933359), the Brazilian was played through following a brilliant pass from Bukayo Saka. Eriksen himself had a different view on the incident and baffled watchers with his response come the end of it. In what looked like a 50-50 challenge, Odegaard was said to have fouled Eriksen, putting his knee in front of the Danish midfielder, but the Arsenal skipper felt otherwise, saying, "In my opinion, it's never a foul. When asked about his thoughts on the match Eriksen said, "It was a fun football game.