Arsenal complaints over VAR decision grow as referee Jared Gillett Liverpool connection emerges
Arsenal's frustration with PGMOL and Premier League referees continued over the weekend after Jarred Gillett denied Kai Havertz's injury-time goal in the 1-0 Premier League defeat to Aston Villa.
The Gunners suffered only their second defeat of the season at Villa Park after John McGinn's early strike continued Unai Emery's fantastic turnaround in the Midlands. «I'm very disappointed with the result, especially with the way we played, I think we deserved much more than what we had, I thought we were the better team, I haven’t seen a team do what we did to Villa today since we were here in February,» Mikel Arteta said.
«It wasn’t enough to win it because we lacked the accuracy in the opponent's box to put the ball in the back of the net with the amount of situations that we generated.»
Like the narrow loss at Newcastle last month, the defeat at Villa was overshadowed by a number of controversial calls from the officials. Arsenal target Douglas Luiz escaped conceding a penalty for a foul on Gabriel Jesus before Havertz saw his late equaliser disallowed for handball.
A scrappy piece of play resulted in the German bundling the ball over the line. However, celebrations were short-lived as Gillett immediately chalked the goal off after spotting handball in the build-up.
Replays appeared to show the ball ricocheting off both Havertz and Cash's arms, but VAR did not overturn the decision and Villa went on to win the game. The decision hasn't gone down well with supporters and Arteta was also vexed.
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Asked about the penalty and disallowed goal, the Spaniard said: «Clear and obvious. Clear and
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