It wasn’t until the 11th round that Arsenal’s footballers tasted their first loss in this season’s Premier League, when they lost 0:1 to Newcastle at home. “The Gunners” had a heavy heart after the match for the referees, who recognized Anthony Gordon’s controversial goal in the 64th minute. The coach of the guests, Mikel Arteta, called this verdict shameful.
Gordon knocked the ball into the goal from close range and took care of the only hit of the match. The Arsenal players objected that before the center in the box, Joe Willock caught the ball already outside the field and Joelinton suppressed the defender Gabriel before the goal, which opened up space for Gordon to finish.
Chief arbiter Stuart Attwell checked the situation with VAR for a long time and he finally decided in three separate cases in favor of Newcastle. According to the video referees, Joelinton did not foul Gabriela, Gordon was not offside, and the ball in front of the center in the penalty area was not yet completely behind the line. However, Arteta did not like such a decision.
“Such a result should not have been born. It’s a shame what happened that they recognized this goal, moreover in the Premier League, which they call the best league in the world. I’ve lived in this country for twenty years and now I’m ashamed for the first time. It’s a shameful verdict. So there’s a lot at stake and they decide like this… The goal shouldn’t have been awarded, for many reasons. It’s embarrassing, an absolute shame.” the Arsenal coach was angry at the post-match press conference.
Newcastle coach Eddie Howe disagreed with Arteta: “I haven’t watched the video yet, but from what I saw, it was a regular goal from my point of view. We won a valuable victory, the players deserve credit. We gave a fighting performance.” Howe stated with satisfaction.
news-item-description">In the final meeting of the 11th round of the English Premier League on Saturday, the Newcastle United football players won over Arsenal London 1:0 after Anthony Gordon’s goal in the 64th minute. Slovak goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka watched the duel from the substitutes’ bench.
After eliminating Manchester United in the English League Cup, the “Magpies” took another valuable scalp and secured the sixth place in the table. Slovakian goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka watched the duel from the substitutes’ bench, Nick Pope again got the upper hand in the goal.
Arsenal remained in third place as they failed to take advantage of the opportunity to catch up with the leaders of the competition, Manchester City. He confirmed his role as the favorite and beat Bournemouth 6:1. The hero of the meeting was Jeremy Doku, who scored the first goal of his team and set up four more for his teammates.
The Belgian striker first collided with Rodri in the 30th minute and scored from the first. Then he had a hand in two accurate strikes by David Silva, Manuel Akanji and substitute Phil Foden also benefited from his passes. “Doku quickly settled into the team. It’s not just about this match, he played excellently in all the matches he played in. He is an incredible threat to opponents,” coach Pep Guardiola praised the 21-year-old Belgian representative.
“Citizens” after their third league victory in a row jumped to the top of the table by a point ahead of Tottenham, but they still had the London derby with Chelsea on Monday. “This team surprises me a lot. After 11 games we are in the lead. We lead the league, we did what we had to do in the Champions League as well. We have incredible leaders, I like our commitment, our approach, the way we train.” AP quoted a satisfied Guardiola.
It was only at the eleventh attempt that the Sheffield United players got their first victory of the year. They beat Wolverhampton 2:1 in front of their fans thanks to Oliver Norwood’s converted eleven in the tenth minute of stoppage time. Manchester United won 1-0 at Fulham after a goal from Bruno Fernandes in extra time.
The Portuguese representative, who played his jubilee 200th game for the “red devils”, scored from the edge of the penalty area. Slovakian goalkeeper Marek Rodák in the service of Fulham sat only on the substitutes’ bench. His team is in 14th place in the incomplete table, United are in eighth place.
“We achieved a very valuable triumph. We know the position we are in. We need results like this. It was extremely important to get three points from this game.” emphasized Fernandes.
Striker Marcus Rashford, who was injured in training, was missing from the guests’ roster. His absence was linked to health issues rather than the much-hyped case of him visiting a nightclub after last week’s 3-0 loss to Manchester City. He later apologized for his behavior.
2023-11-05 09:36:56
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