Jamie Carragher says Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is “changing into the Sir Alex Ferguson of the Premier League” after strongly criticising the penalty awarded in opposition to his aspect in Saturday’s 2-0 win at Sunderland.
A livid Arteta described the saved second-half penalty as “unacceptable” after referee John Brooks pointed to the spot when Arsenal defender Ezri Konsa introduced down Dan Ballard.
The Gunners have subsequently sought a proof from refereeing physique Professional Ref over the penalty award.
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Was Ezri Konsa’s problem on Dan Ballard sufficient for Sunderland to be awarded a penalty?
Arteta’s anger has led Carragher to attract a comparability with ex-Manchester United boss Ferguson, who was famously unafraid to publicly criticise match officers, even whereas his aspect had been the dominant home power.
Arsenal didn’t concede a penalty in final season’s title-winning marketing campaign and Carragher believes “don” Arteta is utilizing his Premier League-champion standing to affect referees’ decision-making.
He advised Monday Evening Soccer: “This was Mikel Arteta changing into the Sir Alex Ferguson of the Premier League proper now.
“He is the don for the time being; he is the Premier League champion.
“Loads of new managers about… he is been in his position for six or seven years, and he feels he is ready of energy to say, ‘Yeah, it wasn’t a penalty’. And I do not suppose it was a penalty.
“But it surely’d be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy it takes for an additional referee to present a penalty in opposition to Arsenal in an identical state of affairs.
“I believed it was very attention-grabbing within the press convention; one of many journalists made a degree about, it doesn’t matter what query you requested him, he saved going again to the penalty, so he was decided to get the narrative out that this may not occur once more to his membership.
“However that is a supervisor – we have seen it with Sir Alex Ferguson, we have seen it with Jose Mourinho.”
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Former Luton, Middlesbrough and Wolves boss Rob Edwards was the particular visitor on MNF and concurred with Carragher’s view on Arteta.
He mentioned: “I believe Jamie’s proper. He is put himself right into a place now the place he is taking care of his staff and his soccer membership, and other people will take heed to the Premier League-winning supervisor, will not they?
“They’ll take heed to him; he is a robust voice there now.”
Arsenal to contact Professional Ref over Sunderland penalty
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Was Ezri Konsa’s problem on Dan Ballard sufficient for Sunderland to be awarded a penalty?
Newest from Sky Sports activities’ Sam Blitz:
Arsenal are set to carry talks with Professional Ref over the penalty Sunderland had been awarded on Saturday.
The Gunners need a proof for why the penalty was given on the sector after which authorised by VAR.
Arsenal have commonly requested Professional Ref for consistency in refereeing choices.
What did Arteta say after win at Sunderland?
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta (left) was proven a yellow card of their win at Sunderland
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta mentioned at his post-match press convention on the Stadium of Mild:
“The primary query now we have to debate is that this. This isn’t acceptable at this degree.
“It was a phenomenal recreation of soccer with two groups, with an environment within the stadium that was unbelievable.
“Sunderland are so nicely organised, they’re so good in so many phases, they’ve nice gamers and so they create plenty of points. We now have to deal with all of that in a extremely tough week.
“And on high of that, now we have to undergo what now we have executed at the moment, that, in my view, is just not acceptable.
“I watched it 20 instances and I can not discover a approach to perceive how they suppose to present a penalty in that state of affairs, or the best way the VAR has to intervene.
“So I do not know what to suppose.
“I am unhappy that now we have to debate this after such a phenomenal recreation, that at this degree, has the gravity of that. As a result of that adjustments the course of the season and it may possibly value you the championship.
“At this degree, with all of the work we put in, this can not occur.”