The VAR dilemma and Arsenal’s statement
Handbrake Off: The Athletic FC's Arsenal show
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4.6 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clarke join Ian Stone, to dissect an eventful game at St James’ Park, that saw Arsenal lose their first league game of the season.
Bruno Guimarães should have seen red before half time, and VAR concluded there wasn’t enough wrong with Newcastle’s goal for it to be ruled out.
Mikel Arteta was furious in his post match press conference, calling the officiating embarrassing and a disgrace. Arsenal released a statement the following day echoing the manager’s words, which has caused a stir on social media.
The panel discuss the mistakes made, and what needs to change going forward. Plus, why are we creating so few chances this season, and a look ahead to Sevilla.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | The only way to score is of course to play with a handbreak-off. |
| 0:17.1 | Hello, I'm Ian Stone. |
| 0:18.6 | This is Handbreak-off, the Arsenal podcast, brought to you by The Athletic, a week. |
| 0:23.6 | So forget, really, Arsenal suffered their first league defeat the season, losing 1-0 to Newcastle, an eventful match. |
| 0:31.7 | I'm joined by Amy Lawrence and Adrian Clark. |
| 0:34.1 | Good morning. |
| 0:34.9 | Hello. |
| 0:35.6 | All right, Tony. |
| 0:36.7 | Yeah, no, not really. |
| 0:38.2 | Adrian, no. |
| 0:39.0 | I was just saying before we came on, |
| 0:41.1 | I, it's put me off football. |
| 0:44.7 | That's what I'm saying. |
| 0:45.7 | What's happened at the weekend has put me off football. |
| 0:48.4 | I watched it. |
| 0:49.1 | Actually, what I was, I watched about 10 minutes |
| 0:50.9 | of Luton, Liverpool yesterday, the last bit. |
| 0:53.0 | But generally, it's sort of... |
| 0:55.6 | Anyway, we'll get into it, all right? |
| 0:59.2 | We are. |
| 1:00.2 | Mikhail Alteta didn't hold back in the press conference |
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