{"id":294835,"date":"2023-10-22T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=294835"},"modified":"2023-10-22T14:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:25:04","slug":"andy-murray-wades-into-william-salibas-handball-row-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/andy-murray-wades-into-william-salibas-handball-row-at-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray wades into William Saliba&apos;s handball row at Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arsenal fan Andy Murray joins Gary Lineker and Gary Neville in dismissing the handball call given against William Saliba at Chelsea&#8230; with tennis star insisting Gunners centre back had a &#8216;totally natural jumping position&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Handball was given against William Saliba in Arsenal&#8217;s draw away to Chelsea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The decision was widely derided afterwards and now Andy Murray had his say<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former world No 1 Andy Murray has waded into the handball row during Arsenal&#8217;s 2-2 draw with Chelsea on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The London derby at Stamford Bridge was mired in controversy when, at 0-0, Arsenal centre back William Saliba was adjudged to have deliberately handled the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mykhailo Mudryk connected with a header and it was heading towards goal when it hit Saliba&#8217;s arm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Action continued before VAR intervened and Chelsea were awarded a penalty, which Cole Palmer scored to make it 1-0.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis star Murray, who is a self-confessed Arsenal fan, was left scratching his head with the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/14\/76860195-12659017-image-a-97_1697979677186.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mykhailo Mudryk&#8217;s header would go on to collide with the arm of William Saliba and while play initially carried on it was brought back by VAR, who decided to award Chelsea a penalty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/14\/76860121-12659017-image-a-98_1697979681580.jpg\" height=\"149\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tennis star Andy Murray defended the Arsenal man and said it was a normal jumping position<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you watch a replay and just look at mudryk arms when he jumps they make exactly the same movement as Saliba\u2026 both totally natural jumping positions,&#8217; he posted on X, in response to an image of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>It was a VAR decision that was widely panned, with Gary Neville and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker among those voicing their criticism.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Neville, who commentated on the match for Sky Sports, said: &#8216;It hits William Saliba&#8217;s arm, there is no doubt about that. I think he could be in a little bit of bother here.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Coming off the back of the\u00a0Everton game earlier [vs Liverpool], I would say this is going to be given I would say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is all about whether Saliba&#8217;s arm is there because he is trying to win the ball &#8211; it&#8217;s certainly above, out and away from his body. Is he just using that arm for leverage or to gain an advantage? The fact is it doesn&#8217;t matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;None of us are sure what a penalty is anymore but that is consistent with what we saw in the Merseyside derby today.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/14\/76860197-12659017-image-a-99_1697979686746.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Murray is a self-confessed Arsenal fan &#8211; but he was not alone in questioning the VAR decision<\/p>\n<p>Lineker was also dismayed at the call, posting on X: &#8216;The handball law is utterly ludicrous.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even former Chelsea captain John Terry was left accepting that it was the wrong call to punish Saliba.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Delighted we got the penalty but I don&#8217;t agree with the rules on this,&#8217; he wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Very harsh on defenders. I would have been fuming if that was given against me back in the day.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal would not be deterred and despite going 2-0 down, with David Raya making a misjudgement from Mudryk&#8217;s cross, they rallied back to get what may prove to be a very important point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice got them back in the game by capitalising on a Chelsea mistake, before Leandro Trossard scored from close range to level it up at 2-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12659017\/Arsenal-Andy-Murray-handball-call-William-Saliba.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal fan Andy Murray joins Gary Lineker and Gary Neville in dismissing the handball call given against William Saliba at Chelsea&#8230; 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