"Its an absolute disgrace" My dad to me every morning

You know I can let it slide if it was just happened for the first time but it's not even the worst one this season

VAR needs to work like TMO in rugby. Refs mic'd up for everyone on tv to hear and repetitions shown on the stadiums big tvs. Basically transparency and accountability.

I’ve very rarely seen Arteta react this volatile in interviews before, both as a player and a manager. I feel his meltdown was more so the culmination of the many dodgy decisions that have gone against Arsenal, from VAR not ruling off an offside goal against Brentford, to Martinelli’s equaliser at Old Trafford being incorrectly ruled off, not being given a penalty against Chelsea when Sanchez made a similar foul on Jesus that Onana did against Wolves (which the PGMOL literally apologised for), Kovacic not being sent off despite making two horrible tackles in 5 minutes, and now Bruno G not being sent off despite blatantly trying to murder Jorginho as well as a goal being given despite a foul in the buildup.

I love how no matter what happens, “what does Kai Havertz do?” always comes up

5:25 I didn't watch the game, but I have read that many thought that Havertz was one of Arsenal's best players in that game, aside from the situation that could have given him a red card

Great watch as always 👊🏿 and you hit the nail on the head on the double standards thing. I think that's what's always gonna continue to fuel this stuff never being addressed to the core coz fans and coaches never keep the same energy. People naturally only stand up when something goes against them but when it's someone else they'll just be like "oh well tough." I remember someone mentioning it after the Liverpool incident that rather than discuss the wider issue as a whole you had fans and coaches being passive about that incident then they'll puff chest when it happens to them and the cycle goes on and on.

It's not "a problem". The Prem is corrupt.

i love your content brother, i think ur goated in your knowledge and casual way of telling us

For me your are the best in your lane.. Always Facts - Very trustworthy and a very clear, articulated and eloquent voice.. Loved every single video ive watched on the channel - Obviously subscribed. Keep going brother - 1M followers on the Horizon.

But the thing is, arteta did show love to liverpool with what happend to them. That quote is from days later, where he just probably did not want any beef with the match officials.

You should have put Jesse Pinkman "he can't keep getting away with this" clip at the beginning 😂

American here, people have been saying the same thing about NFL referees. It feels like they make a call and then try to fight the video replay even if they know they were wrong

Another question: Can someone please explain to me how in today's Luton-Liverpool, the handball decision towards the end WASN'T EVEN SHOWN ON REPLAY?

Its always like that. Like you said if your team is losing due VAR its crap but when they are winning its okay.

Way you managed to stay fair , balanced and unbiased in your talk is something to behold. Nice work, keep it up👍

7:54 Tinashe you’re a piece of work

Just wanna say you do a great job with your videos. Keep up the good work.

2:34 this is exactly the same happened for garnacho and it was ruled out (of course).

You're brilliant, balanced, and hilarious. Keep it up sir.

It sounded a little like you said "YOLO card" describing the match at St. James's, and I like that! Kai Havertz and Bruno cashed in their YOLO cards yesterday.

The absolute worst outcome is if this match and the Liverpool-Tottenham decisions ultimately decide the top 4

I had cooled down but this video has got me fuming again 😭 I just don't understand how that is a goal!!

It's not just the PL. La Liga refereeing has been absolutely ridiculous too.

4:48 ferocity is a nice euphemism

the thing with football for if it's out or not is also the angle, from above if the ball is still slightly on the line it's in as I definitely think the premiere league needs the same technology used in the world cup like the japan goal you mentioned as noone can argue vs that or say tennis matches where it's a lot more clear.

the art of fooling the ref is a skill

Burn also had two tactical yellow card challenges against Saka in the span of a few minutes

Personally I think that VAR and decisions like this annoy people because football rules are incredibly subjective. It is what makes the calls feel so inconsistent and VAR extra analysis exacerbates this. In this case the goal feels harsh because it require 3 borderline calls to go New Castle's way. My main problem with VAR is that it takes so long. A team scores, but you can't celebrate properly until the check is complete. I am in favour of more technology checking things, like offside and ball out of play, but it should be fully automated. Honestly I think even when we reach an age of fully robot refs there will be controversies still; football is just a subjective sport.

I knew this video would age like fine wine but just a day after? My god

Its the Howard Webb Mafia. The man is a mob boss.

Great video

Lol like you said it depends which side of the fence you're on, not in those exact words 😂

Liverpool vs totenham game still hurts 😢😢

Great, coherent, balanced view on VAR and refereeing this season. Really enjoyed this. This is the kind of content Sky etc should be producing, not rose-tinted bullshit from Neville and Carragher.

Absolute this race

Man said doku is not fair 😂

SPURS IS WINNING THE LEAGUE

What I would give for rugby quality refs in English football

Football after 2008 is a circus and now the circus is burning to the ground.

Ball stayed in and it was onside. VAR got it right

In Portugal we have a saying: Why hire a 20M € striker when you can hire a 10k € referee?

Getting a VAR decision you didn't like more 😂😂

"It's an absolute disgrace." Did someone shout this word after the controversial football game in the history, which involved the English clubs, before Mikel Arteta? That's right. People will never forget about Didier Drogba's rant vs Barcelona in 2009.

Amazing the irony that this came out before the absolute cluster that was Spurs Chelsea

Newcastle did NOT want it more

I was hoping to hear your take on the foul on Gabriel and subsequent handball.

The main thing is bruno didnt receive a red and become suspended. Thats a muay thai elbow to the back of mans head. LOL

Ayyyy❤❤

Ndeip Tinashe

The other huge problem is the conflict of interest that the Premier League has done nothing to address. The VAR officials at the Newcastle game are also employed by the PIF (Newcastle's owners) to ref games in the Saudi Pro League.

I'm tired of every goal we score being checked for something wrong.

3:12 casemiro red, even though he's for slipped off the ball. Havertz is worse, seems intentional

How fortunate that Man City NEVER have any of these 'blunder' goes against them THIS SEASON. Only for them.

VAR just feels bought right now.

My personal opinion is that refs in the PL are underpaid disgruntled workers. They're actually the lowest paid officials out of the top European leagues, for example, La Liga refs get paid almost four times what PL officials get paid. But needless to say, this isn't necessarily how you protest for a raise.

I usually agree with everything you say, but Havertz was good yesterday! One of Arsenal's better performers. 5:26

When there’s a system that minimizes human error and then proceed to consistently make the *worst decisions* ever, you can’t help but laugh

Yet 2 days later spurs manager accepted it in grace

Interestingly enough not the only time Newcastle scored a goal like that this season they also scored a similar goal in the shefield game. Yet, in Man Utd V Brighton a similar goal was disallowed

Ngl I want a Ajax video. I need that, we need that

Everyone piled on when it was Liverpool upset. Glad everyone came around with time, unfortunate that matches had to be impacted for that to happen though

Newcastle fan here. I can obviously see why they gave the goal because they couldn't conclusively not give it. But it's crazy that we don't have an overhead camera for the touchline so we can make an actual decision if it's out or just in. That same camera could have probably worked out whether it was offside or not. For me it's definitely not a foul though. I just compare it to cricket and rugby since the world cups are happening and their versions of VAR work thousands of times better and they have far less money than football.

8:00 honestly surprised he didnt mention the "subjective offside" on maguire who wasn't even involved with the play that scored the 1st goal

I was expecting your opinion on another dodgy VAR decision against United and yeah I know as a United fan it would seem like it’s being made dramatic but it really needs getting looked into because 3 games at the very least haven’t gone our way because of such decisions. The Romero hand ball, the pull on Højlund by Gabriel, the Garnacho “offside”, another pull on Højlund in the city game and the “offside” against Fulham

At this point, before every game i ask myself: Who will benefit from a wrong decision?

Brighton offside yesterday was also not an offside. They make multiple trash decisions in one day

As a Newcastle fan, the refs were an absolute joke. Firstly, in my opinion, Havertz should've been off for that tackle on Longstaff. Late, high, studs up, reckless & dangerous. He DOES make contact with Longstaff's leg but luckily it's a glancing blow. Half a centimeter the other way and he's snapped his leg. Very lucky to escape another booking later on as well. Somehow 3 Newcastle players, including Longstaff(!) get booked following the tackle. Secondly, Bruno should absolutely have been sent off too. He did the same thing against PSG and somehow got away with it as well. Lucky to escape a couple of bookings too, he was a bit too fired up for this game. Now the goal ... I don't think the balls out, BeIN sports used the same technology that they had in the world cup and it showed the ball was in play, but I think we got a bit lucky for the "foul" on Gabriel. It's a 50/50 but I don't think we could complain if that was given as a foul. As a general point though, Gabriel should be stronger there. Tony Adams in that situation takes the ball, probably both Newcastle players and boots them all into row Z. The offside? I have no idea how/when or where to draw the line. When the 4 players (Raya, Gabriel, Joelinton & Gordon) are all basically in a line and it's so unclear when Joelinton touches the ball forward, there's nothing really that VAR can do with it. If this was the other way around and Newcastle were defending here, I'd absolutely be annoyed, but I wouldn't be crying conspiracy & being so ridiculous about it. Everyone has previously banged on about if it isn't clear and you have to wait 5 or 6 minutes and look at 47 different camera angles then you should stick with the on-field decision. In this case then, I think VAR were right to award the goal. Call VAR a disgrace all you want (and I'd agree with you - I think it HAS to go), but they got it right for the goal. Arteta's interviews after the game are absolutely ridiculous, especially after saying referees are only human and need support.. etc after the Liverpool / Spurs game where there was an actual, factual cock up. The only way this makes sense is if he's doing the old Mourinho trick and trying to create that mentality that the whole world is against his club and that somehow fires up his players. Not buying it though. He needs to chill the fuck out. Same with that club statement as well, what a joke!

Have you not seen Joelinton's volleyball handle after the double handed push onto gabriel?

VAR got the decisions spot on for this one and people still moan.

We should've gotten the FIFA WORLD VAR

Can't you see Girona in Spain!

Well, Totts no longer undefeated.

That Newcastle wanted it more

The thing is consistency. They refereeing team said that none of the angles were conclusive enough to overrule the on field decision, which makes some sense, its just this logic is not applied equally and seems to be whoever is in the VAR room at the time. To me, the ball did go out of play, Joelinton foul was debatable, could go either way, and Gordon seemed to be onside. I don't think there's a solution, there are things that might help, giving the ref and VAR room mics could help with transparency and alleviate some of the backlash by showing the logic the ref is using, having clear, comprehensive and consistent guidelines for the use of VAR needs to be looked at too. Bring in the automatic line detection for offsides and out of plays.

Arteta tears bring me joy

We gonna ignore that Switch

We need to stop falling down after a shoulder to shoulder tackle!!!

VAR is the worst thing that could have happened to football. Some decisions from VAR make it seem like match fixing does exist. It only takes power away from the referee on the field.

Also can we talk about in Utd city. Hoijlund pen on Rodri. Fine soft pen but understandable. 40 mins later same foul by Maguire on haaland and no pen. In the same match their decision making isn’t the same

I don't know how credit goes to Newcastle in this one but the stats show Arsenal were in control and even the Eye Test passes. Arsenal just aren't clinical in the final third. Yes even the stats show that. That game was one of those 'close calls' if you win. Still shocks me how Arsenal are able to play so well with a bare bones of a midfield. Sadly, they lost game because of incompetent officiating. To be fair to Arsenal and fans that reaction from Mikel has been boiling up from last season. Personally I understand that!

tottenham v chelsea needs a video too

Don't forget the goal scored by McTominay that was wrongly ruled offside because Maguire tried to score it and he was barely offside. Just one of the moments we were robbed off a goal.

I totally agree the call was a disgrace...however as a young boy being taught to play football, they always said play the whistle. Arsenal seemed to switch off...the positioning of pretty much most of the players on that set play was terrible.

I'm in the camp that says premier league reffing has always been spotty at best. Also that ball did not look out. Regardless, I agree that an out of bounds not being called is a poor excuse for a professional baller to stop defending.

Well well well... After Tottenham - LFC remember arteta said: "The refs are doing their best and we just have to accept errors". Now his approach has turned 180 degrees 😂😂😂 Why am i not surprised?? 😂😂😂

how was Bruno G not sent off for 2 reds and 3 yellows? On the opposite end, how does Havertz get a yellow instead of an obvious red then Newcastle gets 3 yellows for legitimate complaints about it?

Including VAR in the game with human beings as decision-makers, added just another level of complexity and incompetence to the EPL refereeing. The referee of the Newcastle-Arsenal match should be awarded the "Incompetence Acts of the Year" trophy. Never mind which team you support, this circus has to stop. I feel for Arsenal, it was a robbery in daylight and I am being kind. The referees attained some divine protection while their bosses, PGMOL given imperious power. What good it is to apologize and then move on to commit yet another blunder in the next match? I believe that referees and their bosses should be accountable, like any other profession, and be sued for damages in front of a court. This is just becoming far too unfair.

Arteta said... 'mistakes happen, get on with it'.... Seems like he's not... And what about that red for Havertz????????

VAR is just straight up ruining the game, so many terrible calls, they really need to get the idea of 'clear and obvious' through or cut it out of the game, cause this is ridiculous.

1. Change the offside rule to full body being past the last defender. It’s easier for officials to see on the pitch and will allow more aggressive playing. 2. Only have VAR interventions when a team wants to challenge a decision. Give them 1 or 2 challenges per game.

Im a newcastle fan and Im happy to get 3 points, but that was not how I want to be winning games, the prem needs to get that offside technology and ball sensors

Here after the Tottenham vs Chelsea game 💀💀💀💀

The ball wasnt out of play 😂😂 (dumbest thing I've heard all week)

There is no accountability just like most institutions of authority in society.

Bro this game just showed how rigged the league is

If you asked one thousand to honestly answer was the ball over the line. 980 would say yes .the other 20 would have guide dogs. Not saying Arsenal were going to win because they were pretty bad. But hell how bad is VAR.

I feel like the only person alive who thinks it was a goal 😂😂. I swear I'm not being paid by POGMOL, not that they'd be capable of organising such a complex task

1:22 And now Tottenham lost against Chelsea 😂

spending money on Havertz that could have been used elsewhere and actually playing him instead of just admitting their mistake and putting him on the bench will cost Arsenal a chance at the league