[Albion] Penalty or not so much?

[dbarnard]

On the fence.... wouldn't have been happy if it had been awarded down the other end... but for all the shit housery time wasting... Seagulls....

 

[nsclurker]

I think Minteh was booked for the subsequent dissent.

Yes, sorry, you're right. The shirt-pulling protest after the free kick was given (when Minteh had started it).

 

[American Seagle]

Mikel Arteta on the penalty: “It’s very disappointing.”

“I've never seen a decision like this in my career. I asked the boys, and they have never seen anything like it.”

The really sad thing about this is how many Arsenal "fans" there are on social media parroting what Arteta says. The big six can make an incorrect view (or just lie in this case) the defacto correct opinion in the media by shear weight of numbers repeating it on social media.

 

[Hamilton]

Clearly a penalty in my opinion. Saliba doesn’t deliberately touch the ball and clatters into Pedro. Arteta just whining because his team were bossed about in the second half.

 

[American Seagle]

Also the state of the media is terrible. When he is says he has never seen anything like it why don't they put to him several examples of similar incidents all given as penalties? Why do they allow him to push falsehoods?

 

[South Stand Bonfire]

Wait till their fragile as f***, entitled, whiney fanbase get enough signal to get on social media.

Yes Blud!

 

[Drebin]

His manner of coping with adversity is why I think Arsenal will never win the league with him in charge. He reacts with incredulity and petulance in the media and on the sideline. His players take his lead and behave like him on the pitch whenever a decision goes against them. It’s a victim mentality that makes them fragile.

Oh, and it was a penalty. As others have said, if you take someone with your foot it’s a penalty it is also a penalty if you take someone out with your head. Even if it’s not an intentional headbutt.

 

[portlock seagull]

It was only a penalty because it was at Villa. But neither really were. Officials are nothing more than lottery and luck these days. Who knows what they’re going to give and why.

 

[Stato]

Player went for the ball, but got the man. If Arteta has never seen anything like it, then his preparation for this match was pretty shoddy. He only had to watch our most recent game to see Pedro being punished for the same offence. Head, foot, armpit, bawbag, doesn't matter, if you hit an opponent, not the ball, it's a foul.

 

[Giraffe]

Thought it was soft at the time and I’m still lot sure. I’d be unhappy if it was given against us.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Absolute nailed on penalty for me. The touch from Saliba was minimal and has no impact on the decision.

Funny that it’s pissed off Arteta.

 

[London Irish]

Bristol City fan Jonathan Pearce (who has Brighton sympathies) says it’s a pen

 

[upthealbion1970]

Think we have had our fair share of decisions go against us. HahahArteta whining just makes it all the more satisfying

 

[Mad as my Mother]

At the ground I thought it was probably Pedro's shithouse antics that got the call, now watching it on TV, I think it's a clear pen and one of the very few things the ref actually got right today.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Three pricks on MOTD think not.

 

[Steve in Japan]

MOTD say never a penalty. To which I say "time for a clearout BBC, let's get some brains on the show".

 

[London Irish]

The MOTD pundits say no - those blowhards have convinced me it’s a pen, you can’t follow through and wipe out a player like that. Think Greer got done for something like that albeit with his leg - but a head doesn’t have magic exemption powers in any laws of football

 

[pasty]

Jonathan Pearce got it spot when he said anywhere else on the field, it’s a foul and a free kick, therefore as it happened in the area it’s a pen.

 

[oldboyroy]

Bristol City fan Jonathan Pearce (who has Brighton sympathies) says it’s a pen

Yet 3 in the studio say no?

 

[darkwolf666]

Three pricks on MOTD think not.

I couldn't believe they said that Saliba headed the ball - he bloody didn't.

Joao Pedro got there first and the ball was deflected onto Saliba's head as he followed through and clattered into Joao Pedro...