Howard Webb responded to criticism from Mikel Arteta and Bukayo Saka, which states that the overthrow of the fine that was awarded to Arsenal was the right call.
The head of Premier League referees described it as a “clear error” by referee Jarred Gillett. ..Read more
After the victory over Newcastle, both Arteta and Saka expressed their concern about the use of video assistant assistant after an incident in which Nick Pope Viktor Gyokeres dropped in St James’ park in the first half. Gillett initially gave a fine before VAR advised him to revise the decision about the pitchside monitor.
When assessing, it was revealed that Pope made contact with the ball before bumping with Gyokeres, which led to the reversal of the original decision.
After several repetitions, Gillett confirmed that there would be no fine. “After assessment, the Newcastle keeper plays the ball and there is no mistake,” said the Australian. “The final decision is Drop Ball.”
Arteta and Saka both argued that it was not a ‘clear and obvious mistake’ in their comments after the game. Webb gave a detailed explanation and noted that Gillett had missed the first contact.
“The VAR checks the fine,” said Webb on the match officials Mic’d show of the Premier League. “When he does that, he clearly sees that Gyökeres comes to the ball, putting it a bit forward, but more importantly, Nick Pope also gets a very clear test on the ball while he steps forward with that right foot and deviates the direction in which the ball goes inside. That was not appreciated by the reference.
“Pope then plants his foot on the ground, he does not drift him forward in Gyökeres. There is clearly a gap between the two players after Pope played the ball and then the two players come together quite normally.
“The action of Paus is normal, it’s not reckless, it’s just a kick to the ball, the ball deviates, no contact on the player until the ball is played and then the contact happens reasonably normal, so no mistake and therefore a good use of the VAR to intervene to show the referee what really happened.
“I think the deviation is pretty clear. You will see that touch of Gyökeres, then you will see Pope’s right leg coming in.
“It touches the ball, it moves the ball away in another direction in which he went earlier. When he then put his foot on the floor after he has made contact with the ball, there is a separation between him and Gyökeres. There is no contact at that time. The contact happens only after Pope has played the ball.
“So, it’s a good challenge by Pope, it’s not a foul and there was an importing part an ign this in that the referee didn’t recognise that touch by Pope in real time, hence the reason that when the varo sawy it, be a clear and obvious and be a clear and be a clear and eafared it, be a clear and be a clear and be a clear and be a clear and be a clear, Had bone seen and therefore the referee could go to look at that really important aspect and make a judge for himelf and that judge was, yes, i’ve seen the touch and therefore it’s not a dirty and I will start with a fallen.
“We work with the call from the referee, it is an important principle in the Premier League where the call by the referee will be made on the field. It is only destroyed if the VAR looks at the images, he sees no reason to support the decision, there is no mix of considerations and it is a clear mistake.
“In this, when you see Pope reaching with that foot, play the ball neatly without making contact with the opponent, in fact he doesn’t really make contact with the opponent, they come together as a normal consequence of that beautiful challenge by Pope.
“The referee had not recognized that touch, it was important that the VAR saw it and thought it was a clear mistake and I agree with the intervention of the VAR.
“So, the referee can go to the screen, look at the full series, seeing touch and seeing that there was a normal game action of Pope and the penalty was rightly canceled.”
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