{"id":296536,"date":"2023-11-07T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=296536"},"modified":"2023-11-07T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:25:08","slug":"arteta-defends-his-var-rant-following-arsenals-loss-to-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/arteta-defends-his-var-rant-following-arsenals-loss-to-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta DEFENDS his VAR rant following Arsenal&apos;s loss to Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mikel Arteta DEFENDS his scathing rant at VAR officials following Arsenal&#8217;s controversial loss to Newcastle &#8211; after Gary Neville called his criticism &#8216;dangerous&#8217; &#8211; as he insists &#8216;it is my duty to support my players&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta slammed VAR chiefs after their 1-0 loss to Newcastle\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He defended his outburst at officials after calling the awarded goal &#8216;a disgrace&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CHRIS SUTTON: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is a clown &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mikel Arteta has doubled down on his comments after Arsenal&#8217;s defeat to Newcastle on Saturday, saying it was his duty to defend the club.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta had described Anthony Gordon&#8217;s winner as &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; and a &#8216;disgrace&#8217; in his post-match media duties on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And then on Sunday, the North London club strongly backed him, releasing a statement in which they said the loss involved &#8216;yet more unacceptable refereeing and VAR errors&#8217;, adding that the Premier League &#8216;deserve better&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville had called the criticism from Arsenal and Arteta &#8216;dangerous&#8217; and said they risked &#8216;undermining the refereeing community, but Arteta was defiant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;It is my duty to stand in front of the cameras and give a very clear and honest assessment of what happens in the game. This is what I did.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Reflect very openly how I felt the team played and how the game was conditioned by the decisions that were made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77501753-0-Arsenal_boss_Mikel_Arteta_has_stood_by_his_comments_slamming_VAR-m-3_1699358990543.jpg\" height=\"401\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has stood by his comments slamming VAR officials after their loss to Newcastle this weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77470195-0-Anthony_Gordon_s_goal_for_Newcastle_against_Arsenal_went_through-a-2_1699358896622.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arteta called the decision to allow Anthony Gordon&#8217;s goal for Newcastle &#8216;a disgrace&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My duty is to defend my players, club and people in the best possible way. This is what I&#8217;m going to do time after time and I do it, not the way I feel, (but) with the evidence and being as clear as possible. I always do it. It&#8217;s the way I am and I have to defend my club.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The outburst was not the result of just the Newcastle defeat, having felt slighted by previous decisions going back to last season.<\/p>\n<p>As Mail Sport revealed yesterday, Arsenal are set to cite the refereeing decisions that have gone against them since the last campaign in their next meeting in a bid to prove a pattern.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Things don&#8217;t happen overnight,&#8217; said Arteta. &#8216;When I was that clear and had all the evidence to stand for the words I used in the media, it&#8217;s because I feel strongly about them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One thing is saying it externally, internally to my players it&#8217;s how we can play better, be more dominant and play the way we want so we give no chance to the opponent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77501795-12720403-image-a-22_1699359462461.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arteta said he had a &#8216;duty&#8217; to stand up for his players, speak honestly and protect the club\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77470187-12720403-Arsenal_and_Newcastle_questioned_the_decision_making_at_times_by-a-21_1699359459040.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In a tense affair on Tyneside, a number of decisions came under the microscope\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But one thing is my duty to you guys and then my duty as a coach to do what I have to. This is exactly what I&#8217;ve done. Nothing special, nothing different. I and the club would do it again until this is right.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Arteta did not hold back in his post-match press conference following the game where he took aim at the level of officiating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77411385-12720403-Officials_had_to_assess_three_separate_incidents_before_the_deci-a-23_1699359588459.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Officials had to assess three separate incidents before the decision to award Gordon&#8217;s goal\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;How the hell did this goal stand up? It&#8217;s incredible. I feel embarrassed. It&#8217;s an absolute disgrace that this was allowed. For many reasons it&#8217;s not a goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s so difficult to compete at this level. This is nowhere near the [refereeing] level to describe this as the best league in the world. I feel sick to be part of this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Arteta added in his post-match interview with Sky Sports:\u00a0&#8216;The question is it&#8217;s not a goal, it&#8217;s simple. For a goal there are certainly things that are not allowed in football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have to stand here and explain, we lost three points. There&#8217;s too much at stake. It&#8217;s embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s incredible how the players competed against this team, it makes me sick. I feel sick to be part of this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The club then backed Arteta&#8217;s words the following day a<span>fter &#8216;yet more unacceptable refereeing and VAR errors&#8217;, saying fans, players and managers &#8216;deserve better&#8217; from the PGMOL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sky Sports commentator Neville was far from impressed with the statement and words from Arteta, calling them &#8216;dangerous&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought the statement was really poor,&#8217; said Neville on Sky Sports on Monday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77426425-12720403-Gary_Neville_questioned_Arteta_s_comments_and_Arsenal_s_decision-a-19_1699359363921.jpg\" height=\"531\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Neville questioned Arteta&#8217;s comments and Arsenal&#8217;s decision to release a statement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/07\/12\/77502319-12720403-image-a-24_1699359686149.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The pundit called the club&#8217;s words &#8216;dangerous&#8217; and said they risked undermining referees<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Liverpool had a shocking one against them few weeks ago here and we knew it was wrong, there was feeling they had been hard done by. A day after when Liverpool wrote statement with the suggestion of replay, I thought to be fair that was quite dangerous.\u00a0The Arsenal statement is also quite dangerous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All clubs signed a new behavioural charter and I&#8217;m not saying referees shouldn&#8217;t be put under pressure but clubs themselves should definitely behave better in these circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m looking at the Premier League and leadership in the Premier League, the reality of it is they have to start protecting referees, I was in favour of the transparency at the beginning of it,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Neville later added on social media: &#8216;I can never remember [Man United] writing letters undermining the system and the whole refereeing community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Arsenal&#8217;s letter and even the Liverpool statement a few weeks ago are wrong. 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