Premier League Match Schedule 2023/2024 Premier League Rankings 2023/2024
Right now, the earliest match of round 36 of the 2023/24 Premier League between Arsenal and Bournemouth is taking place. After many missed opportunities, Arsenal took the lead at the end of the first half.
Mikel Arteta’s side were awarded a penalty in the 41st minute at the Emirates after Kai Havertz was fouled by Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers.
In this phase, Martin Odegaard made a quality pass for Havertz to escape. Havertz himself seemed to have tripped over goalkeeper Travers’ foot and referee David Coote pointed to the penalty spot.
VAR stepped in and after reviewing the situation over and over again, Arsenal officially received a penalty. The opportunity was given to Bukayo Saka. The British star successfully scored to help Arsenal take the lead.
This situation has caused fierce controversy on social network X:
- VAR is a fucking joke for not changing that decision. What is its purpose. The problem is inconsistency. Stop checking VAR. VAR is a person, what does he calculate?
- Some players are smart enough to make the right decisions that benefit them. Havertz knows clearly what he has to do in this phase.
- Disappointed when VAR reviewed the situation a dozen times and still gave Arsenal 11m.
