Next Arsenal transfer decided as Mikel Arteta left furious after Newcastle defeat
Arsenal's unbeaten start to the Premier League season came to an end following their 1-0 defeat against Newcastle United at St. James' Park. Mikel Arteta was left furious with match officials and VAR as Anthony Gordon's goal was allowed to stand despite three separate checks which took a total of four minutes and eight seconds to complete.
The lack of a clinical striker did not help the Gunners as Eddie Nketiah struggled to have an impact against Eddie Howe's side — whilst Gabriel Jesus recovers from injury. Arsenal will look to the transfer market for a striker when they next go in search of new additions, the Athletic's David Ornstein says.
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Mikel Arteta did not sugar-coat his words when describing the goal that ultimately ended Arsenal's unbeaten start to the Premier League season against Newcastle United.
Anthony Gordon broke the deadlock just after the hour mark at St. James' Park as he smashed the ball home from close range. However, it took a while before the goal was given as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) completed three separate checks before allowing celebrations to continue.
The first check was regarding whether the ball had gone out of play prior to the ball being crossed into the box by former Gunners midfielder Joe Willock. The second check was to see whether there was a possible foul on Gabriel Magalhaes as Joelinton appeared to push the defender in the back when challenging for the ball.
And finally, the third and final check was to see whether Gordon was in an offside position when he received the ball. Because VAR deemed that there was no conclusive evidence for the ball being out of play, or whether Joelinton had handled the ball when challenging
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