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Arsenal's match against Man City will be seen as a tale of two penalty decisions. They were the major talking points and when you break it down you can absolutely see why the officials came to the decisions they did.
PENALTY ONE
Call it a collision between Martin Odegaard and Ederson in the box as the keeper rushes out to make a tackle.
Odegaard goes to ground, on-field referee Stuart Attwell decides not to award a penalty but because there is a possibility of one, it’s automatically checked by the VAR, Jarred Gillett.
Arsenal's match against leaders Man City will be seen as a tale of two penalty decisions
City goalkeeper Ederson's challenge on Martin Odegaard was not been checked by VAR
He decides that Stuart had not made a clear and obvious error and so had no reason to suggest that the referee go to the monitor.
And if you look at it again and again, you’ll see things — Did Ederson get a touch of the ball? Did Odegaard actually stamp on the keeper?
Football, even in the age of
