Referee Anthony Taylor’s controversial late call that cost Arsenal the opportunity to win their match against Liverpool for the top of the table has left Arsenal supporters incensed.
Virgil van Dijk’s header from a corner allowed him to creep in and tie the score for Arne Slot’s team after Bukayo Saka’s elegant strike opened the scoring.
Summertime signing With only minutes of a thrilling first half left, Mikel Merino then gave the Gunners the lead again by forcefully heading home a precise Declan Rice cross.
However, after Gabriel and Jakub Kiwior hobbled out with injuries, Mikel Arteta’s team once again allowed Liverpool to regain the lead. Darwin Nunez finally found enough room to play Mohamed Salah before the Egyptian slotted home with joy.
After dropping yet another point, Arsenal supporters have taken their frustration out on the referees, focusing especially on an occasion in the 90th minute where their team had the ball in the net only to discover that Taylor had already whistled for a foul.
Arsenal supporters have been left furious after referee Anthony Taylor made a contentious late call which denied their side a chance to win against Liverpool
Curtis Jones’s header was weak and resulted in an aerial contest between the Reds’ Dominik Szoboszlai and Gunners substitute Jakub Kiwior
Gabriel Jesus then raced in to poke it home after Kai Havertz had sent it over Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.Curtis Jones made a terrible mistake with a clearance, tossing the ball into the air as it was loose in the Liverpool box.
Due to his subsequent poor header, Dominik Szoboszlai of the Reds and Jakub Kiwior, a substitute for the Gunners, engaged in an aerial battle.Taylor waited a second for the ball to fall to Kai Havertz in the box after the Arsenal defender had gone over his opponent as he won it, and then he blew his whistle.
Gabriel Jesus then hurried in to poke it home after the German attacker had lobbed it over Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
Thousands of supporters at home went wild, thinking their team had won in the last seconds, but Taylor cut the celebration short by signaling that he had already called a foul.
Infuriated, the Arsenal players rushed the referee, arguing that Kiwior’s challenge was legitimate. However, the referee blew before the ball into the goal, therefore the event could not be sent to VAR.
Many Gunners fans flocked to social media to criticize Taylor for the decision, so they weren’t the only ones who couldn’t stop watching the goal that was disallowed.
‘Officials desperate not to see Arsenal win as usual,’ wrote Callum Stirling on X.
Additionally, Alex Hutchings stated: “It’s just not a foul.” Fantastic header.
“The referee was so quick to blow the whistle that VAR couldn’t review it too,” another person commented.
On social media, hordes of Gunners fans attacked Taylor over the choice.
“Once again,” a fourth person added. Congrats, @FA_PGMOL. References are the main topic of conversation.
On several instances this season, Arsenal supporters have felt that they are the victims of subpar officiating.
Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard’s red cards have cost them a lot of money.