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      Prem referees chiefs advertise hardest job in football as they step up bid to end VAR chaos… with NO experience required

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      REFS’ chiefs have placed an ADVERT for people to take on football’s toughest job as VARs.The PGMOL are hunting for brave souls with little or no experience.
      The PGMOL are ready to appoint specialist VAR staffCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      Luis Diaz’s legitimate goal was wrongly chalked off after a VAR howler
      And the job ad is asking for people who can: “PROVIDE clear communication under pressure,” and are “capable of SELF-REFLECTION on how they have performed.”
      “IDENTIFY when VAR needs to intervene,” and have the “ability to FOCUS and have great communication skills.”
      An advert is circulating among around 75 refs at elite level in the men’s and women’s game to recruit new “Specialist VAR” staff.
      It comes as VAR is under the biggest scrutiny since launching in 2016.
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      Arsenal and Liverpool have both issued strong statements this season, demanding reform.
      Gunners boss Mikel Arteta branded VAR calls “disgraceful” after Anthony Gordon’s Newcastle winner was allowed to stand last Saturday.
      Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp demanded a replay after Luis Diaz’s goal was wrongly ruled out for offside in Liverpool’s 2-1 defeat at Tottenham.
      And Wolves boss Gary O’Neil accused VAR of huge blunders which have cost his side points.
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      Newcastle’s winner against Arsenal stood despite a series of controversiesCredit: Getty
      Fans, players and managers are growing increasingly frustrated with VARCredit: Getty
      PGMOL boss Howard Webb has made a number of apologies — including over the Diaz cock-up.
      VAR has also been criticised for lengthy delays, including one of more than SEVEN minutes in Chelsea’s 4-1 win at Tottenham on Monday.
      That game stretched to almost 112 minutes and included two sendings off and FIVE disallowed goals.
      Insiders at the PGMOL say officials are taking longer to make up their minds on decisions because they are frightened of the public backlash should they make a mistake.
      There is also a growing feeling among officials they are overstretched with the expansion of roles now associated with every Prem game.
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      This weekend alone four referees are doubling up and working on both Saturday and Sunday in the top flight alone.
      Paul Tierney is VAR for Saturday’s lunchtime clash between Wolves and Tottenham before taking charge of Liverpool versus Brentford on Sunday at 2pm.
      John Brooks is VAR at Bournemouth’s home game with Newcastle at 5.30pm on Saturday evening from Stockley Park in North-West London and referee at Brighton against Sheffield United the day after.
      He will be in partnership over a two-day working weekend with Chris Kavanagh who is in the middle at Bournemouth before acting as VAR while Brooks referees at Brighton less than 24 hours later.
      Relative rookie Michael Salisbury, who only joined the Premier League list last year, is VAR for Arsenal vs Burnley then referee for West Ham against Nottingham Forest at 2pm on Sunday.
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      The job advert calls for “expressions of interest” from the top level in the men’s and women’s game to take on one of the most pressurised jobs in football.
      Pay is not mentioned.
      Wolves have been repeatedly on the wrong end of ref blundersCredit: AFP
      Tottenham’s home clash with Chelsea had 21 minutes of injury time after nine checksCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      John Brooks is involved in two Premier League games this weekendCredit: Alamy More

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      Troy Deeney: It’s time for VAR to be scrapped, the best moment of my career never would have happened if it existed

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      I’VE reached the end of my tether with VAR and I’d love to see it scrapped.I think most players and the vast majority of match-going fans would say the same.
      Troy Deeney netted this momentous but controversial goal for Watford vs Leicester in the 2013 Championship semi-final play-offsCredit: PA:Press Association
      Deeney believes this ‘absolute, glorious carnage’ following his famous strike would have been curtailed by VAR as it came after a ref errorCredit: PA:Empics Sport
      Tottenham’s Eric Dier had a goal rightly disallowed in a controversial 4-1 loss vs Chelsea but the VAR check took ridiculously longCredit: Getty
      It’s as if Premier League chiefs have said, ‘We’ve got this wonderful product, which is lapped up the world over and is an excellent fan experience to enjoy live, so how are we going to f*** it all up?’
      Football, at its best, is pure chaos. If I think back to probably the most memorable moment of my career — the climax of the Championship play-off semi-final between Watford and Leicester in 2013 — it all came about because of a refereeing error.
      Anthony Knockaert of Leicester dived to win a penalty, his spot-kick was saved by our keeper Manuel Almunia, and we went straight down the other end where I scored the goal which sent us to Wembley.
      Vicarage Road erupted in euphoria. It was absolute, glorious carnage. And nobody who was there will ever forget it.
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      But that sequence of events probably wouldn’t have happened now.
      Knockaert’s tumble would have been analysed to death for five minutes and the penalty probably wouldn’t have been given.
      With VAR, we are attempting to provide this perfect sanitised game and that isn’t what football is about.
      Take Monday night’s game between Tottenham and Chelsea, with nine VAR checks, most of them far longer than necessary, with both players and supporters standing around not having a clue what was going on, and then 20-odd minutes of injury-time.
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      This is NOT the game I fell in love with.
      When Spurs player Eric Dier had a goal disallowed in the second half, he was clearly offside, but it took VAR several minutes to reach that decision.
      It’s like if I go into a coffee shop and the bloke in front of me is ordering a choco mocha latte, or whatever those fancy coffees are called, and so we all have to wait five minutes.
      But after all that hanging around for the barista to act like Tom Cruise, it just tastes like a normal cup of coffee.
      Sometimes there’s no point in waiting around for a ridiculous amount of time.
      I played in the Premier League during the first season of VAR in 2019-20 and I actually didn’t mind it.
      But since then I have witnessed a huge drop in refereeing standards.
      Refs have lost the courage to make decisions, they no longer trust their instincts, and they have lost authority as a result.
      Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta raged as a triple VAR check, including for this challenge by Joelinton on Gabriel, failed to erase Anthony Gordon’s Toon winnerCredit: Getty
      David Luiz was a brilliant defender but could dive in or dangle a legCredit: Getty Images – Getty
      They see a 50-50 call and rely on VAR to get them out of a hole — but often the VAR decision is worse than a spontaneous on-field call.
      Of course I would moan at refs when I played in the top-flight but I genuinely believed we had a high standard of officiating before VAR.
      The likes of Martin Atkinson, Mark Clattenburg and Michael Oliver — who was actually the ref conned by Knockaert at Vicarage Road — were generally excellent. Those standards have dropped, largely because of the effect of VAR.
      And let’s talk about the idea of ‘winning’ a penalty, of inviting contact and going down, which I’d describe as professionalism rather than cheating.
      VAR was supposed to make that far more difficult but I’d say it’s actually made it easier.
      There were certain opponents — and as an example I’d use David Luiz of Chelsea, Arsenal and Brazil —  who you knew you had a chance of winning a penalty against.
      Luiz was a brilliant footballer but he would also have a tendency to dive in to tackles or to dangle a leg if you were running past him, so you’d try to take advantage of that and invite referees to make a decision.
      Everywhere you look, VAR is leading to less respect for refs, worse decision-making and a worse experience for fans.
      With the super slo-mo they use in VAR decisions today, a defender’s challenge often looks worse than it actually is, so you are probably more likely to win a penalty.
      So many decisions are subjective, so you are never going to get perfection in decision-making.
      I did sympathise with Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta losing his rag following Newcastle’s winning goal last weekend — there were three or four reasons why it could have been ruled out but none of them were conclusive.
      So he had a rant in the heat of the moment out of pure frustration.
      Arteta described refereeing standards as ‘embarrassing’ but what was more embarrassing to me was Arsenal issuing a statement the following day backing up his complaint.
      That sort of thing just lessens the authority of referees even more.
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      Everywhere you look, VAR is leading to less respect for refs, worse decision-making and a worse experience for fans inside Premier League stadiums.
      I don’t think it’s ever going to happen, because it would be seen as a backwards step, but I’d rather see it scrapped so that we can all embrace the chaos again. More

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      Karren Brady: VAR has been bad enough, but the government’s new do-gooder regulator will really hamper elite football

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      FOOTBALL is falling foul of so much over-regulation it reminds you of the old workers’ axiom, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.As if VAR hasn’t been controversial enough, the imminent government-appointed football regulator looks set to be another busybody do-gooder that will end up hampering the sport at its highest level.
      King Charles announced plans for a new football regulatorCredit: AP
      VAR has angered fans, players, managers and pundits alikeCredit: PA
      Let’s start with VAR, the sport’s unpredictable instrument of judgment.
      Mikel Arteta’s outburst last week was aimed at the VAR operators who agreed with the referee that Anthony Gordon’s winning goal for Arsenal after an aerial scramble should stand.
      Even though the human microscopes in the VAR hub eventually voted against Arsenal, the length of the delay was an indication of doubt rather than certainty.
      Which says two things to me. First, in many cases, intent is near-impossible to ascertain.
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      Second, VAR operators are regularly asking for an interruption themselves rather than accepting that the ref’s decision should be final.
      Little wonder VAR is now so disliked.
      It is also impersonal — based somewhere in West London — while fans, players, managers, and TV pundits all know their equipment is fairly basic… a generation or two short of AI.
      Two-dimensional TV is Putin-esque — sometimes we can’t believe what we think we see.
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      Because of this, no verdict can ever be relied on as unimpeachable.
      Whatever the angry Arteta thought last Saturday at St James’ Park, had the decisions gone the other way Newcastle manager Eddie Howe would have complained — albeit not so noisily.
      Simply, it was impossible in the few minutes available for VAR to undo the tangle of limbs that made up the full incident.
      The truth is that ref Stuart Attwell had a better view of the incident than a whole crew of spotters checking angles on flat screens.
      Overall it was the half-blind with pictures half-leading the half-blind with a whistle. Yes, half-equipped.
      This technical interference didn’t impress Wolves who have claimed at least four incorrect referee-VAR decisions so far this season — two of them so poor that the refs were dropped to the Championship for a match.
      Wolves manager Gary O’Neil calculates those errors have cost his team SIX points.
      I’m sure the decision to have a regulator will end up as one we regret.Karren Brady
      A more excitable man would have reacted with some colourful vocabulary.
      Ange Postecoglou, too, is measured in his post-match assessments.
      Many people will wonder whether his Spurs team’s 4-1 home defeat by Chelsea was a sign of things to come with NINE incidents having been checked by VAR.
      Postecoglou said: “That utopia where there are no wrong decisions in the game will never exist. It’s our own fault as we complain about decisions every week.”
      Just as referees’ authority is being undermined, the introduction of a football regulator begs the question as to what has happened to the alleged authority of the FA?
      Football’s governing body is being stripped to lesser duties by our politicians and we know what happens when ministers appoint an overseer-cum-bureaucrat-cum-pal to such responsibility.
      The power, success and wealth of the Premier League is envied by our lesser leagues and — more to the point — around the world.
      Stuart Attwell was the referee for Newcastle’s controversial win over ArsenalCredit: Getty
      Gary O’Neil and Wolves have been screwed over by major refereeing clangersCredit: AFP
      While it is right that we should spread some of our money to the EFL and deeper, the Prem is a success story.
      The big question for the EFL is a pretty straightforward one.
      If the regulator — as read out by the King last week — is said to “safeguard the future of football clubs for the benefit of communities and fans” why are there no restrictions on what the EFL clubs can do with the money that flows down to ensure it benefits communities and fans?
      The implication of the need for a regulator is that football and the FA are in a mess, when in fact the opposite is true.
      They say, no pain is unbearable — except that of regret.
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      I’m sure the decision to have a regulator will end up as one we regret.
      It is such a short word and yet it stretches forever. More

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      Huge change on horizon for Premier League as current VAR system could be ‘SCRAPPED’

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      THE PREMIER LEAGUE is reportedly considering SCRAPPING its current VAR system.That’s by ditching operator Hawk-Eye when their contract expires in 2025.
      There could be a big change coming to VAR in the Premier LeagueCredit: Reuters
      The tech company is regarded as the industry leader in capturing data.
      Hawk-Eye has been working with the English top-flight since 2013 after providing goal-line technology.
      The group first honed its craft in the worlds of tennis and cricket.
      And the Premier League agreed a new long-term contract with Hawk-Eye when VAR was introduced from the 2019/20 campaign, running until the end of 2024/25.
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      However, amid recent VAR controversies, top-flight chiefs are now considering changing company at the end of the deal.
      The Mail claims there are fears that Hawk-Eye’s tech does not apply as smoothly to football as it does to other sports.
      It’s now reckoned that rival tech companies are preparing pitches to take the next VAR contract.
      And they will be focused on attempting to smooth out problems encountered by Hawk-Eye so far.
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      There have been several high-profile blunders this season already.
      Liverpool were left incensed when VAR did not allow Luis Diaz’s legal goal to stand in their defeat against Tottenham.
      And Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta declared war on officials after seeing his side’s unbeaten run end at Newcastle.
      He claims the ball went out of play before Anthony Gordon fired in the winner for Toon.
      Fans are also concerned with the length of time it takes to check for decisions.
      Chelsea’s win against Spurs was constantly interrupted by lengthy replays as several goals were chalked off for each side.
      But VAR controversially missed dishing out two red cards for Tottenham, with Cristian Romero’s kick and Destiny Udogie’s two-footed lunge going unpunished.
      Both men were eventually sent off in the heated derby, but many feel they should each have left the pitch long before. More

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      Paul Merson leaks VAR conversation with Mike Dean that ‘worried me immensely’ after huge controversy

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      FORMER Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson has expressed concern that VAR is taking up too much time during games.The Premier League match between Tottenham and Chelsea on Monday was interrupted by VAR several times, leaving some fans furious.
      Paul Merson believes VAR takes up too much time during gamesCredit: Getty
      Merson recalled a conversation he had with Mike DeanCredit: Getty
      In the first half alone there were four disallowed goals, three red card checks and two penalty checks.
      Chelsea had another goal disallowed in the second half, but they went on to win the match 4-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer’s first-half penalty.
      Blues fan Merson was thrilled with the result, but in his column for Sky Sports he complained that VAR took too long to come to a final decision on a number of calls.
      He wrote: “Every decision in that game could have been sorted in 10 seconds.
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      “Former Premier League referee Mike Dean was on Soccer Saturday last week and he said something that worried me immensely.
      “He said it doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as we get the right decision. Even when it’s so obvious they’re going to check a hundred times.
      “They’ve got to be a lot quicker. They’re so nervous now about getting it wrong that it’s becoming a bit too much.
      “These ones were pretty obvious. If someone else is up there, they’re getting it right in seconds.
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      “Gary Neville on commentary called every one of them straight away.”
      Premier League officials have come under fire on several occasions this season for various controversial decisions.
      The most significant call occurred during Tottenham’s match against Liverpool in September.
      VAR wrongfully ruled out Liverpool’s opening goal after Luis Diaz was adjudged to be offside when he wasn’t. More

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      Marcus Rashford SENT OFF for Man Utd after controversial studs-up challenge on first start since Erik ten Hag row

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      MARCUS RASHFORD was sent off for a studs-up challenge on his return to the Manchester United side.The Red Devils led 2-0 when Rashford was shown a red card for his late tackle on Copenhagen’s Elias Jelert following a VAR check in the 42nd minute.
      Marcus Rashford caught Elias Jelert with his studs
      The forward was sent off for a challenge on Jelert
      Rashford was shown a red card following a VAR check
      Rashford’s studs appeared to go over the ball when attempting to challenge Jelert.
      The 20-year-old’s ankle rolled horribly as the Man Utd forward made contact.
      Referee Donatas Rumsas was advised to go to the monitor and review the challenge.
      After watching the incident again, he decided to send Rashford off.
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      The 26-year-old smiled incredulously as he was given his marching orders.
      He had only just returned to the line-up, having missed out on Saturday’s 1-0 win at Fulham.
      It was Rashford’s first start since his row with boss Erik ten Hag.
      The Dutchman called his star forward’s conduct “unacceptable” after he partied with family and friends to celebrate his 26th birthday… just hours after his side’s 3-0 Manchester derby defeat to City.
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      The Red Devils had led 2-0 at the time of Rashford’s red card.
      But by half-time, their lead had evaporated.
      From the resulting free-kick following Rashford’s foul, Copenhagen thwacked the bar.
      It was a sign of things to come, with former Southampton ace Mohamed Elyounoussi scoring for Copenhagen on 45 minutes.
      The Danes were then awarded a penalty eight minutes into first-half stoppage time for Harry Maguire’s handball.
      Copenhagen star Diogo Goncalves stepped up to make it 2-2.
      Former Man Utd stars and TNT Sports pundits Owen Hargreaves and Paul Scholes disagreed with the decision to send Rashford off.
      Asked if he felt it was the correct call, Hargreaves said: “No, not in a million years. Marcus is just trying to put his leg in front of the ball.
      “He’s not even looking at the ball. When you see a still as a referee, it looks horrendous. It’s not malicious, it’s not serious foul play.”
      Scholes then added: “I think that’s where the understanding of the referee has to come into it. It’s an accident.
      “He’s trying to plant his foot and protect the ball.”
      Ian Wright tweeted: “No chance that’s a red for Rashford.”
      While Jamie Carragher wrote on social media: “No way is that a red card for Rashford!
      “Hate these slow motion replays & still images that make everything look 10 times worse.”
      The first half had twice been temporarily delayed.
      In the ninth minute play was briefly halted after a fan ran on holding a Palestine flag.
      Later in the half there was another delay, after a fan was taken ill in the stands.
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      Having led 2-0, the match turned into a nightmare for the Red Devils in the 42nd minute, when Marcus Rashford was controversially sent off.
      The match turned on this moment, with Copenhagen dramatically going on to win 4-3.
      Rashford claps the travelling Man Utd fans as he leaves the pitchCredit: Getty More

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      Fears huge VAR delays are leading to INJURIES after Spurs star Van de Ven left crocked following seven-minute stoppage

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      THE PFA fear that long VAR checks will lead to more player injuries.Spurs defender Micky van de Ven is out for weeks after pulling a hamstring in a sprint following a SEVEN-MINUTE break in play during Monday’s 4-1 defeat by Chelsea.
      Micky van de Ven faces a lengthy spell out after suffering a nasty hamstring injuryCredit: Richard Pelham / The Sun
      The defender picked up the problem after a seven-minute delay to the matchCredit: EPA
      Tottenham fans suggested the delay may have contributed to the Dutchman’s injury, while Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou admitted he hates the way VAR has changed football.
      And PFA chief executive Maheta Molango declared: “Intuitively I would say yes — that the stoppages like we saw on Monday will lead to injuries because players cooled down and then have to sprint straight away.
      “Player welfare should be a big issue.
      “But we are killing the product at the moment and that should be everybody’s biggest fear.
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      “I would prefer to speak about facts and figures and clear evidence rather than just a feeling.
      “One of our ideas is to create a group of experts who can provide data so we know for sure. So that will be physios, coaches and ­doctors who can look at everything on the performance side.”
      Van de Ven’s injury came after the game was stopped for THREE reasons on 27 minutes.
      VAR firstly ruled out a strike from Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo for offside.
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      Then, it recommended that ref Michael Oliver studied a challenge by Spurs defender Cristian Romero on Enzo Fernandez during the same passage of play.
      By the time Oliver red-carded Romero there had been a five-minute break in the action.
      And it was another two minutes before Cole Palmer scored the resulting penalty.
      Van de Ven suffered his injury a few minutes later, while there was more than 21 minutes of added time over both halves.
      Molango added: “We are playing a game where the decisions are taken by Ifab (the International Football Associations Board).
      “It means the referees and players pay the price for them — because the voice of the people who are affected by these decisions is not being heard.
      “They have to suffer because of decisions taken by people who are out of touch and are not actually part of what happens in football on the day-to-day basis, so they do not realise what they mean in practice.
      “I agree with Ange Postecoglou. What type of football do we really want?
      It is very difficult to comprehend when those mistakes are made by people who are just watching on a screenMaheta Molango
      “When you bring in VAR there are also consequences about how the game is played.
      “If what we are trying to achieve is an error-free game, then we are going to fail.”
      Mikel Arteta has been vocal in his demand for change – piling pressure on the referees with his public blasts.
      The Arsenal manager was furious Newcastle’s winner was allowed to stand on Saturday, slamming the decision as an “absolute disgrace”.
      And he doubled down on his anger by calling on his rival managers to speak about against “the stink of football”.
      Molango added: “Even with VAR we are seeing mistakes. I would rather have mistakes from somebody who is on the pitch even if they are under pressure to make decisions.
      “It is very difficult to comprehend when those mistakes are made by people who are just watching on a screen. That makes things more frustrating.
      “What suddenly seems the most important thing is the amount of playing time or effective playing time.
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      “But is that what we should really care about?
      “As a fan you don’t think about effective playing time but you want to see entertainment and quality.”
      Cristian Romero was sent off after Moises Caicedo’s goal was ruled outCredit: Getty
      Cole Palmer scored the resulting penalty to make it 1-1Credit: Getty More

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      Mikel Arteta demands rival managers join war on VAR as Arsenal boss refuses to back down over ’embarrassing’ decisions

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      MIKEL ARTETA is calling on his fellow managers to speak out against “the stink in the drawer” of football.The Arsenal boss has been under fire for his emotional reaction to Saturday’s controversial 1-0 defeat at Newcastle.
      Mikel Arteta continued his furious rant against the standard of refereeingCredit: Getty
      Newcastle’s goal was allowed to stand after a long VAR checkCredit: Getty
      But he is refusing to back down in his escalating war of words with the Premier League refs over “embarrassing” VAR decisions and insists he will not be silenced in his fight for justice.
      Arteta said: “If you have a problem and you put it in your drawer, the problem is still there and at some point it’s going to stink.
      “So we have to talk loudly to improve things and that’s what we are trying to do.
      “When we are all together for the managers’ meetings, we all share the same feelings about this.
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      “And I am sure I have the support of those managers when they are not directly affected by these decisions.”
      Arteta is still fuming over Anthony Gordon’s St James’ Park winner, although he refused to specify which of the three VAR reviews he disagreed with.

      Arsenal believe the ball had gone out of play in the build-up to the goal, Gabriel was fouled by Joelinton and Gordon was offside when he prodded the ball over the line.
      Arteta is unlikely to face any disciplinary action from the FA because he did not question the integrity of the match officials despite insisting that the goal was “an absolute disgrace”.
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      But Spurs boss Ange Postecoglu appeared to hit out at Arteta’s weekend tirade when he said: “At some point we have to accept the referee’s decision,” following his team’s controversial 4-1 defeat by Chelsea.
      Yet Arteta insisted: “I fully agree that we have to show respect. And that’s what we try to do.
      “But to respect them you need to have a good trust and the capacity to have a conversation and express opinions. That’s what respect is built on.”
      Replays proved inconclusive as to whether Joe Willock kept the ball inCredit: Sky Sports
      Ange Postecoglou seemed to take a dig at his North London rival after Spurs lost to ChelseaCredit: Getty
      Jurgen Klopp let rip after the VAR mistake when Liverpool played TottenhamCredit: EPA More