MNC: Arsenal's VAR victory & missed chance for Spurs?
Football Daily
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, Rory Smith and Nedum Onuoha on this week's Monday Night Club.
The team start with reaction to Spurs' 1-1 draw v Leeds United which leaves them 2 points clear of West Ham and the relegation zone. Former Arsenal and West Ham defender Matt Upson was at the match, and joins to reflect on the draw as well. Is it a missed opportunity for Tottenham, and could their fight for survival go down to the final day?
Then, the panel dissect Arsenal's 1-0 win over West Ham, and the massive call by VAR to disallow West Ham's late equaliser. Was David Raya fouled, should the rules surrounding corners be revamped and has the Premier League become bad to watch? Former assistant referee Darren Cann weighs in on VAR and the state of Premier League set-pieces.
And finally, former Hearts Sporting Director Joe Savage joins the pod to discuss the Scottish Premiership title race. How did Hearts recruit some of their top players, what will Champions League football do for the club and could they be caught be Celtic?
Timecodes: 00:29 Reaction to Spurs' 1-1 draw v Leeds 04:00 Roberto De Zerbi reflects on Spurs' point 07:25 Was David Raya fouled & did VAR get it right ? 13:15 Jarrod Bowen speaks about the disallowed goal 14:45 Matt Upson & former assistant referee Darren Cann on other fouls in the box 28:13 Is a rule change needed? Has the Premier League become bad to watch? 41:48 Did Arteta's substitutions almost blow it for Arsenal? 46:16 Who does Chris back for the Scottish Premiership? 50:13 Former Hearts Sporting Director Joe Savage joins the pod
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| 0:42.6 | Nadim Anua, Chris Sutton and Rory Smith are with us. |
| 0:45.7 | We'll talk Arsoul win against West Ham and VAL shortly. |
| 0:49.4 | But firstly, Spurs won or draw with leads that has put them two points above West Ham and the relegation zone. |
| 0:56.6 | Matt Upson joins us from the Tottenham Hot Spurs Stadium. |
| 1:00.3 | Is there a sense there, Matt, that it's been a missed opportunity for Spurs? |
| 1:04.2 | A hundred percent given the remaining fixtures, don't you think? |
| 1:08.0 | If you're West Ham now, you're looking at it feeling a little bit better, looking at their |
| 1:13.6 | fixtures and what they've got to do and what Spurs have got to do. |
| 1:16.6 | They're in touching distance of Topham still and this was an opportunity for the Spurs to take that out of their hands and they haven't this evening. |
| 1:24.6 | But on reflection of this crazy end of the game, we'll probably come off the pitchfield, blessed that they've got a point. Make any difference to you, Nadim, that West Ham go first in the next round of fixtures? I'm going to say no, because I get the feelings to going down to the last day of the season anyway. So, yeah, when they all kick off at the same time, that's one we'll see. Okay. I mean, the other factor in all of this, Chris, is that Tottenham's next game is away at Chelsea, and good luck trying to predict what kind of Chelsea you're going to get at the moment. And that will be, what, three days after the Cup final? Yeah, but there's that, I mean, there's that needle with that game. |
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