Alan Shearer blasts referee for ‘awful decision’ in Arsenal’s win over Leicester

Liam GracePublished Sep 28, 2024, 10:31pm|Updated Sep 28, 2024, 10:32pm

Alan Shearer has blasted Premier League referee Sam Barrott for an ‘awful decision’ successful Arsenal’s 4-2 triumph implicit Leicester City astatine the Emirates connected Saturday.

The Gunners were made to enactment for 3 points aft throwing distant a two-goal lead, yet securing the triumph with 2 precocious goals successful wounded time.

There was contention successful the lucifer arsenic Arsenal prima Riccardo Calafiori wasn’t sent disconnected for his foul connected Facundo Buonanotte erstwhile helium was already connected a yellowish card.

Leicester manager Steve Cooper described the determination arsenic ‘beyond belief’ portion Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta admits helium was ‘really worried’ erstwhile helium watched it live.

Arsenal, though, got distant with it and shot pundit Shearer feels the northbound Londoners were incredibly fortunate not to beryllium reduced to 10 men.

‘I deliberation that’s an atrocious decision,’ Shearer told Premier League Productions. ‘You tin intelligibly spot Calafiori instrumentality his limb out.

‘It’s a deliberate trip. Yellow paper that should be. Absolutely. It’s specified an important constituent successful the game.

‘To hitch brackish successful the wounds, Buonanotte gets a yellowish paper instead. Look, helium sticks his limb out. It’s a deliberate trip. All time that is simply a yellowish card.’

Cooper, meanwhile, was near furious aft the lucifer and said successful his post-match property conference: ‘It’s a wide foul connected Jamie Vardy for the archetypal extremity and the left-back has to get sent disconnected for a 2nd yellow.

‘There’s truthful overmuch much we could say. The full crippled knows, but I’m not going down that roadworthy today. We were precise disappointed with a foul not being fixed connected Vards for the archetypal goal.

‘And though we don’t travel into games trying to get players sent off, wherefore helium hasn’t sent disconnected Calafiori is simply a small spot beyond belief.

‘Because of the spell we’re successful and the spell that I’m successful personally, I’m trying to not fto referees’ decisions beryllium the headline.

‘I’m trying to instrumentality work for a squad that needs to get amended results. But we consciousness those were 2 mediocre decisions.’

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