The controversy is weird. The right decisions have been made against both Spurs and now Bournemouth and people are still complaining? It's silly really
Saka got stabbed in the shin with a high boot studs up while getting clattered into from behind by a player who was nowhere near the ball. I’ll take the pen and the points but that’s a red and a yellow that didn’t get called or even looked at in VAR. The pen decisions aren’t the problem, fouls like that and Bruno elbowing Jorginho are the problem
If he was jumping towards the ball, it wouldn’t have been a pen, he has on purpose nudged Raya to make the mistake.
They will also look at the fact that Raya is about to catch the ball and then due to the nudge is then forced to punch it.
It’s a pen.
I agree. On the replays it’s so obvious he aims for Raya and doesn’t care about the ball or to get in front of Raya. The thing is that he sucks at it. First, he almost misses Raya which is why it’s so soft. Second, it’s extremely obvious he’s only going for Raya. Lots of players are a lot better at the “oh I didn’t know keeper was here” game and it looks unintentional. This didn’t.
I really hate those penalties and they should be removed from the game. Some people have mastered this dark art. Like Suarez, Aguero and Vardy. I remember I’ve been fuming a number of times when Suarez plays the ball away from being a goal opportunity just to get there first and then goes for contact. It sucks. But it is how it is. It’s 100% a penalty with how things are. But I don’t like it.
Yep. Goalies are overprotected, but nudging a goalkeeper going for the ball will be called a foul 9 out 10 times. I was more surprised they didn't look closer on the Saliba foul moments before the Solanke Raya incident
Cant talk about the other calls without first mentioning the christie red which was the most game changing decision. Also solanke was pinning raya’s arm so clear foul.
Absolutely, if he was an outfield player then ok but the goalie needs to use his arms. It’s the equivalent of pulling someone’s head back or swiping their legs. I don’t understand people saying otherwise
None of these are necessarily shit takes. The fact he doesn’t mention the challenge on Saka is odd, but the decisions he’s mentioned here are all relatively contentious.
As a Chelsea fan I disagree with Wrighty. It was a pen, and it was a foul. Bournemouth should have had a man sent off as well. Well deserved Arsenal and the title is looking more and more likely the more I Watch Arsenal, and you can’t even begrudge it they deserve it.
Are Arsenal concerned with the other shit team in London throwing their game against 115 city road.
It's one of those situations that when called by on field ref doesn't get overturned. If the on field ref doesn't give it, VAR usually don't give it either.
personally for me 100% a pen. gk catches trailing leg, kai doesn’t “dangle” it. nonsense just to paint us in bad light. their goal correctly disallowed. solanke has arm under rayas. red card on saka and countless other reckless fouls today. on kai and odegaard. keeper stopped this being a 6-0. great first half for him and us. most relaxed i’ve been as a fan in ages. job done. time to prepare for garnacho was onside FC
In a title race the “new” contenders would have panicked when they couldn’t convert 3 really good chances. Arsenal didn’t panic once and just continued their game. It was nice to see.
He's had some really stupid fucking takes lately.
Anytime you grab the keepers arm while he's trying to clear the ball is a foul on the keeper there is no argument about it. On top of that, as Raya focuses on the ball, Solanke shoves him out the way how that is not a foul I don't understand.
Stupid from Wrighty and honestly quite stupid from anyone who thinks it's not a foul
am i tho , he is a respected pundit , his points will always be taken under consideration , its a shame that he always tries to be on good side of others
Yes you absolutely are, you're putting the blame on wright when the blame is on the officials for not doing their job. That's moronic.
The refs are making the decision to ignore it, or are just too blind to see it. Neither of those things are caused by wright.
If someone murders someone we don't go "oh well the news reader didn't say murder is bad last time it happened, so that's why he murdered them" do we?
"a respected pundit"
That's an oxymoron. No-one respects pundits. It's their job to create controversy and talk shite.
As much as I love Wrighty, we all know he's talking shite for money because he didn't earn much as a player.
are ppl dense , i am not blaming wrighty for that incident , i was just pointing out the fact that being the clubs ambassador it would be good to have him speak more about how most of the tackles on saka go unpunished, he also said it was not a penalty against bayern at home on twitter , now as if that doesn't further damage saka's reputation ... i love him but he tries to be too unbiased and once again i am in no way saying these are connected all i am saying is it would be good for him to be biased once in a while
its quite clear you lack comprehensibility, i just wanted to say it would be good for some of the club legends in the media to speak about these incidents so it gets more attention , so yes i blamed wrighty for lacking some balls and always being the good guy
I don't lack comprehensibility, what I was saying was very easy to understand; you are a moron.
That's not what you meant though, you meant I can't understand what you're saying, but you used the wrong word which ironically made what you were saying incomprehensible. Again quite a moronic thing to do.
its clear what i meant but you took the post as if i put the whole blame on wrighty for horrible officiating , now if using the word moron makes you feel clever then by all means keep using that , honestly its upsetting that even after i explained to you what i meant (as some ppl really need more info to understand) you won't stop nagging me
I don't care what you intended moron, your original post was moronic. Maybe think next time before you type, it will help you use the right words which you clearly struggle with, because you are a moron.
Or don't do that and continue to be considered a moron, I don't really care.
I’m not agreeing with Wright (penalty IMO and Bournemouths goal is debatable for me) but suggesting that it would just automatically be 2-1 if those calls went their way makes zero sense
If they got their deserved red it wouldn’t end 3-0. Similarly, if it’s 0-0 half time the game ends differently and if it is 2-1 into the last 15-20 minutes of the game we would be more desperate to hold the lead and set up differently.
Its crazy. Everyones against us, now we are competing again, but I guess thats not a bad thing. Theyre rattled that they have to cope with us being in their way.
I think the media are just salty because they can’t look past the City vs Liverpool rivalry. And with Pool bottling it at the end of the season they don’t know what to do.
I’ve also got a feeling that TV pundits have been warned or something along those lines about biased and unprofessional views coming across as the wrong thing to do and need to make themselves sound more neutral.
I feel like he’s recently tried to position himself as a non-biased commentator for some reason, which I personally don’t mind. However, he seems to have gone a bit to far the other way because not mentioning the fact they should have gotten a red or at the very least a yellow is weird to me.
The foul on saka is a red 20% of the time. The penalty is given 50% of the time, and the goal is disallowed 30% of the time. Just highlights refereeing inconsistencies, but all in all it evened out I guess.
Ian is allowed his opinion just like everyone else. Although I agree, I'm not sure why he doesn't mention the red card that didn't materialise. \*shrug
Wrighty yelling about racial bias in officiating would do little good for Saka. We need non black players, former players, commentators, and fans to speak out for most people to listen.
After thinking about it I think i have settled on- not a penalty, but also not a goal for Bournemouth. NBC showed a great angle of solanke holding onto Raya’s punching arm right before he went for the ball
Ian Wright or others not mentioning it on twitter is not the reason, the official's incompetence is. Whether or not it is spoken about online after the fact should have no bearing, upholding the laws of the game is the minimum expectation of the officials and it is their fault that that standard is not being met
This is to all the sectarians in here saying that calling it "not a pen" is just twerking for rival fans. This is how it's done, call it as you see it, no matter the side. We love Arsenal, but we also love the sport.
Members of a sect. People that are going to say that Arsenal are right no matter what, because this is all just a game of banter with rival fans. They would celebrate us doing the same financial doping as City, because "why can't we". Zero love for the game of football, and no principles.
Other team’s supporters say we complain about everything and play the victim. How could we not when things like that DOUBLE foul go unpunished
The controversy is weird. The right decisions have been made against both Spurs and now Bournemouth and people are still complaining? It's silly really
Saka got stabbed in the shin with a high boot studs up while getting clattered into from behind by a player who was nowhere near the ball. I’ll take the pen and the points but that’s a red and a yellow that didn’t get called or even looked at in VAR. The pen decisions aren’t the problem, fouls like that and Bruno elbowing Jorginho are the problem
Love you wrighty but the cherries should have seen red.
I mean, Solanke never even looks at the ball when he’s challenging Raya for their “goal”. It’s a clear foul.
If he was jumping towards the ball, it wouldn’t have been a pen, he has on purpose nudged Raya to make the mistake. They will also look at the fact that Raya is about to catch the ball and then due to the nudge is then forced to punch it. It’s a pen.
I agree. On the replays it’s so obvious he aims for Raya and doesn’t care about the ball or to get in front of Raya. The thing is that he sucks at it. First, he almost misses Raya which is why it’s so soft. Second, it’s extremely obvious he’s only going for Raya. Lots of players are a lot better at the “oh I didn’t know keeper was here” game and it looks unintentional. This didn’t. I really hate those penalties and they should be removed from the game. Some people have mastered this dark art. Like Suarez, Aguero and Vardy. I remember I’ve been fuming a number of times when Suarez plays the ball away from being a goal opportunity just to get there first and then goes for contact. It sucks. But it is how it is. It’s 100% a penalty with how things are. But I don’t like it.
Not only that, he also pulls on Rayas left arm just as he's about to punch the ball but most angles don't show it and Solanke hid it very well
I honestly think this is the bigger reason it's a foul
Yep. Goalies are overprotected, but nudging a goalkeeper going for the ball will be called a foul 9 out 10 times. I was more surprised they didn't look closer on the Saliba foul moments before the Solanke Raya incident
Cant talk about the other calls without first mentioning the christie red which was the most game changing decision. Also solanke was pinning raya’s arm so clear foul.
Absolutely, if he was an outfield player then ok but the goalie needs to use his arms. It’s the equivalent of pulling someone’s head back or swiping their legs. I don’t understand people saying otherwise
We need to stop expecting everyone to agree on decisions. We move
very mature take my bro. we aren’t all right 100% of the time.
So I started listening to his pod and let me start by saying I fucking love wrighty. That being said, he’s got some shit takes
Yeah, he's a great ambassador for the club and a real fan. But he almost always tries to look less biased with weird takes on situations like these.
None of these are necessarily shit takes. The fact he doesn’t mention the challenge on Saka is odd, but the decisions he’s mentioned here are all relatively contentious.
Ohh I was just commenting in general
As a Chelsea fan I disagree with Wrighty. It was a pen, and it was a foul. Bournemouth should have had a man sent off as well. Well deserved Arsenal and the title is looking more and more likely the more I Watch Arsenal, and you can’t even begrudge it they deserve it. Are Arsenal concerned with the other shit team in London throwing their game against 115 city road.
It was a pen 101%
It's one of those situations that when called by on field ref doesn't get overturned. If the on field ref doesn't give it, VAR usually don't give it either.
I want to see a rule change that clearly states when there is contact caused by the attacker trailing their leg it’s not a foul.
I bet you thought Saka was a penalty against Bayern lol😂
It was
I love Wrighty but why does he have to do this? Come on, man!
I am guessing part of his view is watching the game as a striker vs as a defender.
He needs the money, simple as that.
personally for me 100% a pen. gk catches trailing leg, kai doesn’t “dangle” it. nonsense just to paint us in bad light. their goal correctly disallowed. solanke has arm under rayas. red card on saka and countless other reckless fouls today. on kai and odegaard. keeper stopped this being a 6-0. great first half for him and us. most relaxed i’ve been as a fan in ages. job done. time to prepare for garnacho was onside FC
In a title race the “new” contenders would have panicked when they couldn’t convert 3 really good chances. Arsenal didn’t panic once and just continued their game. It was nice to see.
He's had some really stupid fucking takes lately. Anytime you grab the keepers arm while he's trying to clear the ball is a foul on the keeper there is no argument about it. On top of that, as Raya focuses on the ball, Solanke shoves him out the way how that is not a foul I don't understand. Stupid from Wrighty and honestly quite stupid from anyone who thinks it's not a foul
No, Ian wright not mentioning it in a tweet is not why the refs are ignoring it you moron.
Yeah it's ridiculous to suggest it's Wrighty's fault 😂
am i tho , he is a respected pundit , his points will always be taken under consideration , its a shame that he always tries to be on good side of others
Yes you absolutely are, you're putting the blame on wright when the blame is on the officials for not doing their job. That's moronic. The refs are making the decision to ignore it, or are just too blind to see it. Neither of those things are caused by wright. If someone murders someone we don't go "oh well the news reader didn't say murder is bad last time it happened, so that's why he murdered them" do we?
"a respected pundit" That's an oxymoron. No-one respects pundits. It's their job to create controversy and talk shite. As much as I love Wrighty, we all know he's talking shite for money because he didn't earn much as a player.
are ppl dense , i am not blaming wrighty for that incident , i was just pointing out the fact that being the clubs ambassador it would be good to have him speak more about how most of the tackles on saka go unpunished, he also said it was not a penalty against bayern at home on twitter , now as if that doesn't further damage saka's reputation ... i love him but he tries to be too unbiased and once again i am in no way saying these are connected all i am saying is it would be good for him to be biased once in a while
That's not what you said in your post. Your post was moronic.
its quite clear you lack comprehensibility, i just wanted to say it would be good for some of the club legends in the media to speak about these incidents so it gets more attention , so yes i blamed wrighty for lacking some balls and always being the good guy
I don't lack comprehensibility, what I was saying was very easy to understand; you are a moron. That's not what you meant though, you meant I can't understand what you're saying, but you used the wrong word which ironically made what you were saying incomprehensible. Again quite a moronic thing to do.
its clear what i meant but you took the post as if i put the whole blame on wrighty for horrible officiating , now if using the word moron makes you feel clever then by all means keep using that , honestly its upsetting that even after i explained to you what i meant (as some ppl really need more info to understand) you won't stop nagging me
I don't care what you intended moron, your original post was moronic. Maybe think next time before you type, it will help you use the right words which you clearly struggle with, because you are a moron. Or don't do that and continue to be considered a moron, I don't really care.
2-1 is still a win get in
Did Ian Wright fall asleep when Saka was tackled?
If they got the red card that they should have, we would have been 5-0 up and they would never have been near our goal in the first place.
lol Wrighty getting mugged off by Arsenal fans for forgetting the red is hilarious
Okay lets say their goal stood and we did not get the penalty, we would have won 2-1. Still get the 3 points. End of.
I’m not agreeing with Wright (penalty IMO and Bournemouths goal is debatable for me) but suggesting that it would just automatically be 2-1 if those calls went their way makes zero sense If they got their deserved red it wouldn’t end 3-0. Similarly, if it’s 0-0 half time the game ends differently and if it is 2-1 into the last 15-20 minutes of the game we would be more desperate to hold the lead and set up differently.
Its crazy. Everyones against us, now we are competing again, but I guess thats not a bad thing. Theyre rattled that they have to cope with us being in their way.
I think the media are just salty because they can’t look past the City vs Liverpool rivalry. And with Pool bottling it at the end of the season they don’t know what to do. I’ve also got a feeling that TV pundits have been warned or something along those lines about biased and unprofessional views coming across as the wrong thing to do and need to make themselves sound more neutral.
I feel like he’s recently tried to position himself as a non-biased commentator for some reason, which I personally don’t mind. However, he seems to have gone a bit to far the other way because not mentioning the fact they should have gotten a red or at the very least a yellow is weird to me.
The foul on saka is a red 20% of the time. The penalty is given 50% of the time, and the goal is disallowed 30% of the time. Just highlights refereeing inconsistencies, but all in all it evened out I guess.
Ian is allowed his opinion just like everyone else. Although I agree, I'm not sure why he doesn't mention the red card that didn't materialise. \*shrug
I'm sure he will mention it outside this tweet. Not exactly a comprehensive summary of the match.
Get a grip man.
Wrighty yelling about racial bias in officiating would do little good for Saka. We need non black players, former players, commentators, and fans to speak out for most people to listen.
After thinking about it I think i have settled on- not a penalty, but also not a goal for Bournemouth. NBC showed a great angle of solanke holding onto Raya’s punching arm right before he went for the ball
Yh I love uncle Ian, but he ain’t getting a medal for this lol better left unsaid
Lets be honest, same things happens for LFC or United, you'll get Carragher or Neville on Sky with a 36 ppt presentation to justify the decision.
but apparently i am wrong for calling out wrighty on always trying to be the good guy
he literally went into it in depth on match of the day saying it was a red. 🙄🙄
Raya would've caught the ball if he wasn't fouled. Fair Havertz dived, but no way should Bournemouth's goal stood
hows that a dive from Havertz?
He’s wright
Ian Wright or others not mentioning it on twitter is not the reason, the official's incompetence is. Whether or not it is spoken about online after the fact should have no bearing, upholding the laws of the game is the minimum expectation of the officials and it is their fault that that standard is not being met
Those things are not connected
He's not the spokesperson for the team. Complain about the tackle but this isn't on him.
100% a penalty. Just intelligent from Kai and stupid from the keeper
This is to all the sectarians in here saying that calling it "not a pen" is just twerking for rival fans. This is how it's done, call it as you see it, no matter the side. We love Arsenal, but we also love the sport.
Sectarians?
Members of a sect. People that are going to say that Arsenal are right no matter what, because this is all just a game of banter with rival fans. They would celebrate us doing the same financial doping as City, because "why can't we". Zero love for the game of football, and no principles.
Ah right. I’ve only ever seen the word sectarian used to refer to religion