"What really makes me angry is that Arsenal would never be top of the league if that's a free-kick. That's how they've scored so many goals, by blocking people, holding people, doing all kinds of things. And then we get to this point, it takes VAR five minutes. He starts it over again, and over again - that in itself puts so much doubt into that decision that it cannot be a free-kick."
"I think it's so wrong. I just don't understand why all of a sudden that's a free-kick, because it's not been for any teams all the way throughout the season. It's just so wrong on so many levels."
"I guess some people will think it was a foul, some won't, some will think, 'Where on earth is the consistency?' because we're seeing something like that every single week. I do think it was a foul but I also think the one at Everton last week with Bernardo Silva, when that was given as holding,"
West Ham lost 1-0 to Arsenal after Callum Wilson’s stoppage-time goal was overturned. The referee initially allowed the goal, but a lengthy VAR review concluded that Pablo fouled Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya in the build-up. Peter Schmeichel said the decision was incorrect and argued Arsenal benefited from a double standard that had not been challenged all season. He criticized the idea that the incident should be treated as a free-kick, pointing to Arsenal’s style of play and the time taken by VAR. Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney defended the call, with Shearer also citing inconsistency in similar decisions across the season.
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