The Gunners could obviously harbor regrets after their defeat conceded on penalties on Saturday against PSG in the Champions League final. The scenario was inevitably cruel for Londoners. Mikel Arteta nonetheless recognized PSG’s superiority after the match. A way to justify your minimalist game plan.
“Congratulations to PSG and especially to Luis, because they are, in my opinion, the best team in the world. I have never seen before in my life what they are capable of with the ball in individual actions. They forced us to play in a style we didn’t want. »
A good player, the Parisian coach was nevertheless also bad at the referee of the match. The fault lies in his decision not to whistle anything when Madueke collapsed in the area after contact with Nuno Mende shortly before the start of the last quarter of an hour.
“It was clearly a penalty in my eyes”
“I watched all the penalties in the competition over the last 72 hours, to find out what a penalty was or not. On Madueke, it was clearly a penalty in my eyes. That’s not what happened unfortunately.” he regretted to the press. A feeling shared by the English striker.
“I don’t understand how the referee couldn’t call a penalty for this action and especially how the VAR didn’t alert him to watch the video images. He’s behind me and knocks me down with his knee. It’s a penalty”he railed for his part.
The former referees, however, do not share the opinion of the London camp. “I feel like Madueke is getting the upper hand (over Mendes) because he’s grabbing his arm. Instead, I see two players in hand-to-hand combat and I find that the Arsenal striker forces his fall. He tries but he has not yet passed his opponent. He has no particular reason to fall, and it is logical that the referee did not whistle a penalty,” thus analyzed Saïd Ennjimi in the columns of L’Equipe.
