Arsenal news: Gabriel Jesus row escalates as four damaging VAR blunders made clear
Mikel Arteta will doubtless be happy to return to the dugout on Wednesday evening as Arsenal take on Sevilla in the Champions League, with the fallout from his stinging VAR comments continuing.
The Gunners will seek to solidify top spot in Group B when they welcome the La Liga side to the Emirates Stadium two weeks on from their 2-1 victory in Spain earlier in the group.
Forward Gabriel Jesus was on the mark that night, but he hasn't played since after sustaining a hamstring injury which has plunged him into a club vs country row ahead of the international break.
Here's all the latest news from the Emirates:
Mikel Arteta has insisted other managers are fully behind him as he doubled down on his views on referees.
Gunners boss Arteta branded the officials “embarrassing” and a “disgrace” after referee Stuart Attwell allowed Anthony Gordon’s controversial winner at Newcastle to stand. Arteta’s outburst has divided opinion among TV pundits including Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, while Newcastle have accused Arsenal of sour grapes and Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou insisted referees should be respected.
But Arteta remains unrepentant while he also says other Premier League bosses feel exactly the same way about the standard of officials.
Read his views here.
Gabriel Jesus has been put on collision course for a club versus country row after being called up by Brazil. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has made it clear that he will not expect Jesus to have to join up with Brazil unless he plays by this weekend. That goes against Brazil boss Fernando Diniz who named Jesus for the forthcoming qualifiers with Colombia and Argentina.
Diniz insisted that he wants to make his own checks on Jesus - who has missed the last three games with a
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