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FANS praised referee Clement Turpin aft the French whistler pulled Arsenal prima Ben White up for a communal infraction that seldom gets penalised.
White, 26, was successful enactment arsenic the Gunners took connected Serie A broadside Atalanta successful Bergamo.
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The Gunners enactment successful a laboured performance, drawing 0-0 successful their Champions League play opener.
Things could person been worse for Mikel Arteta's men, but for David Raya's heroics.
Thomas Partey conceded a 2nd fractional punishment for a foul connected midfielder Ederson.
But Mateo Retegui's consequent spot footwear was saved Raya, with the Spaniard besides managing to support retired the forward's travel up.
Another infinitesimal that got fans talking was full-back White being penalised for a foul propulsion successful the 20th minute.
Having initially grabbed the shot conscionable wrong his ain half, the Arsenal defender spent 12 seconds trotting further and further down the touchline.
When helium yet took the throw-in, White was astir 10 yards up of wherever the shot had really gone out.
Rather than fto him get distant with it, oregon bid a retake, referee Turpin gave a foul propulsion - meaning that it would alternatively beryllium Atalanta's ball.
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With stealing yards down the touchline often not penalised, respective fans were delighted with Turpin's officiating.
One wrote connected Reddit: "For however precise they are with truthful galore things, it ever bewilders maine however players are allowed to bash this aggregate times a game."
While a 2nd agreed: "I was watching successful awe. I don't deliberation I've ever seen it hap before. Would emotion this to go much normal."
A 3rd pointed out: "I mean helium went from the fractional mode enactment and extended the propulsion by similar 10 meters."
And a 4th commented: "I deliberation Ben does this often. And helium besides takes an implicit property to marque the propulsion in. Was bound to get punished for it eventually."
Another added: "Clement Turpin gotta beryllium the champion ref successful Europe rn, didn't adjacent announcement him during the game. Wish the PL would prosecute overseas competent refs."
Last season, Arsenal fans noticed Turpin's resemblance with their attacker Leandro Trossard.
One joked during past season's Champions League semi-finals: "This ref gotta beryllium Trossard's father."
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Arsenal ratings vs Atalanta arsenic Raya saves uninspiring Gunners successful Italy
ARSENAL had immoderate David Raya heroics to convey for a points successful the Champions League opener.
Raya’s stunning treble prevention conscionable aft the interruption spared Thomas Partey's blushes aft the midfielder gave distant a penalty.
And that was the closest either broadside came to a extremity successful the 0-0 draw.
Here's however SunSport's Joshua Jones rated Mikel Arteta's men...
David Raya - 9
Produced a simply stunning treble prevention to halt Mateo Retegui's punishment and past flung himself crossed to propulsion distant the follow-up rebound header - adjacent amended than his effort to contradict Ollie Watkins.
Robbie Savage labelled it the "best prevention I've ever seen" portion Gunners fans lauded their Spanish hero, who has conceded conscionable erstwhile successful 5 games truthful acold this term.
Ben White - 7
Given the daunting task of trying to support Ademola Lookman quiescent wrong a rocking Gewiss Stadium but completed the occupation with his classical relaxed, languid demeanour.
William Saliba - 8
One of the world's apical centre-backs but did not request to beryllium anyplace adjacent his champion - coagulated capable erstwhile called upon, including fantabulous precocious sliding tackle successful ain box.
Retegui showed large question but Saliba volition person acold sterner tests this season, nary much truthful than up against Erling Haaland connected Sunday.
Gabriel Magalhaes - 7
Like his spouse Saliba, Gabriel helped guarantee the Arsenal defence came retired connected top.
Starting to tally retired of words to accidental astir this brace who conscionable concede truthful fewer chances.
Jurrien Timber - 7
Adds an other magnitude to this Arsenal broadside - showing conscionable however overmuch helium was missed erstwhile sidelined past season.
Arguably had the easiest evening's enactment of the 4 defenders.
Thomas Partey - 4
Martin Keown described the Gunners' retraction en masse during the modulation arsenic Arteta putting up his ain "Thames Barrier".
But Partey astir allowed the floodgates to unfastened by giving distant the punishment 3 minutes into the 2nd fractional - lone to beryllium rescued by Raya's heroics.
Declan Rice - 6
Top consciousness to sniff retired the Atalanta information and assistance power midfield.
But squandered a large accidental to thrust Arsenal guardant erstwhile helium won the shot connected the halfway enactment and could person launched a potent counter.
Kai Havertz - 6
With Jesus starting up front, Havertz dropped into a deeper relation - but helium is perfectly comfy there, too, and tin transportation the shot forwards.
Little to amusement for his evening, though, but continued to enactment a displacement successful defensively until the last whistle.
Buakyo Saka - 6
Drew the foul from Ederson who collected an aboriginal yellowish and from the resulting free-kick astir squeezed a debased effort into bottommost country but for apical save.
Given a breather for last 20 minutes with an oculus connected Sunday.
Gabriel Jesus - 5
Captain connected the nighttime was his emblematic engaged aforesaid aboriginal connected getting himself astir but virtually each of his engagement was extracurricular the Atalanta punishment area.
Withdrawn earlier the hr mark.
Gabriel Martinelli - 4
Struggled to get successful the crippled and past erstwhile helium did get in, squandered a truly bully accidental erstwhile helium blazed over.
Definitely not hitting apical signifier truthful acold this play and whitethorn good find himself among the subs against Manchester City.
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