Controversy as Arsenal inches closer to title
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🗓️ 10 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:32.6 | Welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNSC. I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley. Later on the show, we'll be discussing Barcelona, celebrating La Liga title in the best way possible, |
| 0:42.3 | defeating Real Madrid at the camp now. But we kick things off in the Premier League, a huge match in London. |
| 0:49.3 | West Ham taking on Arsenal, and it would be Arsenal who would win by one goal to nil. It was goalless right up until the 83rd minute where Trossard's deflected effort would break the deadlock. |
| 1:00.0 | West Ham thought they'd equalized late on. |
| 1:03.0 | However, after a long VAR check, it was chalked off because a foul on David Rea. |
| 1:08.0 | I call from the reps that I think it's very brave but very consistent with what they've |
| 1:13.6 | been talking about all season. |
| 1:16.2 | So when I have to be critical I have been and today I have to praise them at least for giving |
| 1:20.4 | the option to a referee to decide. |
| 1:23.2 | Away from the lights and the chaos to give clarity to him to make the right cool. |
| 1:27.4 | And I think when you look at the action in that way, I think it is an obvious error and it is |
| 1:34.3 | a free kick and the goal has to be disallowed. So congratulations because they made a big call |
| 1:40.0 | in very, very difficult circumstances. |
| 1:42.0 | It's been described in TV as probably the biggest VAR decision in primary history. |
| 1:47.0 | This is a fair shell, but also there's no doubt in your mind that it's about a long. |
| 1:54.0 | And then I guess a lot of people will be thinking, why is it kind of takes so long? |
| 1:59.0 | Probably today I have realized how difficult and how big is the referee's job. |
| 2:06.6 | Because you're talking about a moment I can decide the history, the course of two massive clubs |
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