When all is said and done, remember that PSG’s Al-Khelaifi Nasser has a job at UEFA.
Arsenal went ahead by the odd goal, PSG couldn’t muster anything in the first half. Then the referee became pro PSG in the second half.
Connect the dots. That is your answer for the disastrous officiating yesterday.
Starting from this moment, the referee feels Arsenal are playing on his intelligence, and that changes his attitude towards Arsenal. Every 50/50 call afterwards is viewed through that lens
Unprofessional refereeing
99.9% human beings cannot fake the first reaction/response
Here Nunes' is clearly expressing fear of having made an egregious mistake, looking right at the authority
Arsenal were robbed and this was only one of the many egrogious decisions that went against us. But as bastian put it, you're only delaying the inevitable
In stoppage time, if the ball goes out and the ref doesn't whistle for HT, no player ever rushes to take it because the ref has implied that the corner will be the final act of the half. In some cases, teams take even more time, wait for their get their goalie to get into the box
Saka was literally just walking like any other player would. Arsenal are winning the game so why the hell would he rush to take a corner?
Unfortunately, this is the point wherw the ref decided he wanted to be the star of the show and PSG's 12th man
The ref came out for the second half on a mission to engineer a specific result here. Booked Mosquera inside a minute, gave every soft call to heap pressure on Arsenal. Now that.
Best club competition in the World and the referee has zero interest in being fair, what’s the point?
Blowing HT during a corner, giving every 50/50 in PSG favour, ignoring the blatant pen on Noni.
Disgusting.
Never forget how the media relentlessly used set-pieces to belittle Arsenal's season, whilst simultaneously rewarding a Manchester United player's total reliance on set-pieces with the highest accolades.
This is what we are up against, and it's going nowhere.
In 17 seasons as a top-flight manager (4 Barcelona, 3 Bayern, 10 Man City), the only manager to finish above Pep Guardiola more than once is Mikel Arteta
Strictly speaking it's just under 35% of Premier League goals, 30% in all competitions for Arsenal.
In all competitions Liverpool have scored 28% of their goals from set pieces. In 2026 it's 35%.
Liverpool have adapted because, until the laws change, why wouldn't you?
Forget 'Set Piece FC', Arsenal have won the title without '115 charges' lurking in the margins like Man City, without buying their own women's team like Chelsea, without petro-dollars behind them. That should be celebrated, writes IAN HERBERT https://t.co/z0bdODbQb3
💣🚨: Pep Guardiola has NEVER lost a league title back to back in his managerial career, This will be the first time in history and courtesy to Arsenal football club and Mikel Arteta.
Gary Neville on Arteta at Arsenal in 2022.
"He gets to fourth he'd probably say 'right, that's the best I can do there, I'm going now and getting my next job'."
Clubs should never listen to pundits. INEOS need to back Amorim or hire Gary Neville.
Gary Neville on Mikel Arteta at Arsenal in 2021:
"They are spending a load of money, I'm not sure what the strategy is. It seems a little all over the place. I'm not sure what style of play they're going for."
Never liked Amorim's style of play either.