PGMOL would have found a way to give it.
You watch the game back, and it just shows you how far suspicious Premier League refereeing really is.
Arsenal didn’t concede a single penalty in the league. Arsenal never got punished for time wasting. But both happened in the final.
Look at how the PSG players immediately stopped appealing the moment the referee waved it away. Only Marquinhos approached the ref, and the bench stayed calm. Zero drama.
Now contrast that with Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. When Madueke pulled down Nuno Mendes and intentionally went down looking for a soft penalty, the Arsenal players threw a collective tantrum on the pitch. Arteta rallied his entire bench, screaming at the officials for almost a minute and nearly interrupting the game.
That’s the exact brand of tactical tantrum he throws in the PL to bully weak English referees who completely lack authority.
What makes Arteta truly embarrassing is his shameless desperation. Later on, when Gyokeres’ shot got deflected for a corner, Arteta was up in the fourth official's face demanding a handball penalty. Then we saw the replay, and the ball wasn't even close to a PSG player's arm.
He’s a certified embarrassment to the beautiful game.
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Worst PL champions of all time.
Not even 70 goals scored.
VAR on their side all season.
One of the lowest points tallies ever.
22 years and billions spent in that time.
Football lost tonight.
To be fair, if you’d told me the last time Arsenal won the league that by the time they win another one Chelsea will have won 5 leagues, 5 Fa Cups, 2 club world cups and 6 European trophies 2 of which were Champions Leagues, I would’ve probably taken it.
Andy Jacobs: "Levi Colwill got injured on the first day of pre-season and Enzo Maresca begged the board to give him a ball playing centre-half. So, they went out and spent £90million on Jamie Gittens and Alejandro Garnacho — that's how useless these people are."
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See this is why football is fucked, the only reason it’s not given is because haaland isn’t a little bitch and didn’t start rolling around holding his face
That’s why diving is such a thing because the players have to exaggerate because the officials are so incompetent
The ball boy who Pedro Neto pushed last night obviously deserved an apology, which Neto gave both to him and on air in an interview afterwards. But he didn’t deserve Neto’s shirt, which he also gave him. Made such a meal of the shove from Neto. Football increasingly a sport that, on the pitch, off the pitch, and now by the side of the pitch, rewards people for deliberately overreacting. What do you tell the grandkids? “I got shoved by Pedro Neto, and after rolling on the floor for ages I got his shirt.”
I’m back in my home in LA (very late Sat night). Maybe it’s the lack of sleep but I am overcome by gratitude. This all feels like a dream. Thank you to the people of Wrexhman and to @Wrexham_AFC for letting me be a part of this.
And thank you to @ChelseaFC for an incredible match. I saw a bunch of the lads after the game and at the airport and they couldn’t have been lovelier and more supportive. It doesn’t have to be hate and anger. 🤷♂️ It can be beautiful. Hopefully we’ll see you again soon :)
@SwansOfficial We’ll see you next weekend!!! ❤️
Truly a privilege to go again. With Adare Manor hosting and the 100th Anniversary of the Ryder Cup, it is going to be a very special week
Let’s go! 🇪🇺🇮🇪
If you want to grow something, you don’t gate keep it. We want to encourage little boys and men to watch women’s football too, not just little girls and women. And when they see someone like Ian Wright taking it as seriously as he does - they follow suit. That’s how you grow a sport.
“The women’s game should be by women for women,” is one of the most damaging phrases I’ve heard. It will not only drag women’s sport backwards, it will drag women’s punditry in all forms of the game backwards.