Arsenal back Arteta’s comment about Newcastle United’s goal

Arsenal has issued a statement about the weight behind their manager Mikel Arteta’s comments following their 1-0 defeat at Newcastle United in the Premier League over the weekend.

Recall that Arteta hit out at the VAR officials as he expressed displeasure following Anthony Gordon’s second-half goal stand.

The goal which became the lone goal the Magpies scored during the match was subjected to a four-minute VAR check, in which the officials deemed the ball had not crossed the line, Joelinton didn’t foul Gabriel Magalhaes and Gordon wasn’t offside.

Arteta in a post-match statement lashed out at the officials’ decision.

In an official statement, Arsenal made it clear that they “wholeheartedly supports Mikel Arteta’s post-match comments after yet more unacceptable refereeing and VAR errors on Saturday evening”.

The club added that “PGMOL urgently needs to address the standard of officiating and focus on action which moves us all on from retrospective analysis, attempted explanations and apologies.”