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Leandro Trossard becomes the first player in Premier League history to officially have a set of eyes in the back of his head, the PGMOL have explained; ‘No clear foul by Trossard as he has his eyes on the ball at all times, any other player it would have been a penalty.’

🚨🎙️| Joe Hart on West Ham’s disallowed equalizer vs Arsenal, accuses VAR of saving Arsenal’s title hopes: 🗣️“Listen, I don’t care what anyone says, that goal should’ve stood. VAR has absolutely ruined moments like that. West Ham fought for that equalizer and somehow they’ve found a way to disallow it for the softest little touch you’ll ever see. If that’s Arsenal scoring at the Emirates, nobody even checks it for more than five seconds. And this is what frustrates fans, Arsenal have lived off those scrappy, aggressive goals all season. Blocking keepers, crowding the six-yard box, little nudges here and there… suddenly when it happens against them, it’s ‘clear and obvious.’ Give me a break. I was a goalkeeper, I know when a keeper’s genuinely impeded and when he’s looking for help. There’s no way you can tell me that was enough contact for the goal to be overturned. The game’s gone soft. West Ham have been robbed, simple as that. You wonder why fans think certain clubs get favourable decisions because moments like this keep happening. Arsenal are in a title race and somehow every 50/50 call seems to land their way. That equalizer changes the whole atmosphere of the game and VAR bottled it. Absolutely bottled it.”

Initially Rice had one arm around Mavropanos whilst the other was fouling Summerville, but then used both arms to physically drag Mavropanos away from being able to compete for the ball:

@DMavropanos, who has been our biggest threat from set pieces of late, especially as Soucek has already been dragged to the ground, was also physically held in a bear hug throughout the set piece:

@jctodibo was double arm bear hugged, physically preventing his ability to move and fairly compete for the ball:

Summerville was manhandled and physically pushed down so he wasn’t able to compete for the incoming ball:

@tomassoucek28 had his shirt grabbed by Havertz and was dragged down to the ground:

I wouldn’t usually post a thread all about one decision in a 90 minute game of football, but today’s was so significant, and so outrageous, it has to be highlighted and discussed.

Even after Raya had failed to catch the ball, you can see Trossard still has a firm grip on Pablo’s shirt, not having paid any attention to the ball throughout the set piece, only having had an interest in physically hindering Pablo:

It’s either a goal to West Ham or a penalty to West Ham.

Ojalá nunca se deje de politizar el fútbol

Yamal when he wins the World Cup but finishes 32nd in the Ballon d’Or below Manor Solomon

UIIIII

no dia de anos do andré lima? d e l í c i a 🤣

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"That goal should have stood. Raya was never fully in control. There is no chance I’m disallowing that goal. When you are fighting relegation, one decision can change everything. Players work the whole season for moments and points like these." – Former referee Mateu Lahoz

Pablo is getting wrestled and he's called for the foul... cmon now.

This angle...WOW PABLO IS BEING MANHANDLED BY TWO ARSENAL PLAYERS AND LITERALLY LOSES BALANCE BECAUSE OF THIS RICE DRAGS MAVROPANOS INTO THE GOAL AFTER TRYING TO BEAR HUG SUMMERVILLE TODIBO IS RECEIVING WAIST LOVE IT'S AN ABSOLUTE FARCE I WONT GET OVER

Holy shit it’s like they’re pinning him to the keeper to make the mistake

Genuinamente insano. Estou de coração partido.