William Saliba has admitted that Martin Odegaard's handball in the first half of Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Liverpool should have resulted in the award of a penalty.
The Gunners skipper slipped and handled the ball in the area shortly after Gabriel had given Mikel Arteta's side an early lead at Anfield.
Referee Chris Kavanagh waved away the passionate protests of Liverpool players, while VAR David Coote decided not to instruct the official to take a second look at the pitchside monitor.
Odegaard's intervention - however accidental - denied Mohamed Salah an opportunity to bare down on the Arsenal goal and Saliba believes that it should have been a penalty, though he maintained it was not his decision to make.
'Yeah, of course.' The 22-year-old chuckled in post-match comments to Viaplay. 'It was a penalty but I’m not the ref and they have to accept [it].'
Former Reds defender and Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher latched onto Saliba's comments and claimed that VAR had also missed a 'blatant' handball in Aston Villa's 1-1 draw with Sheffield United.
Blades defender George Baldock got away with a decision after appearing to move his arm towards the ball in the box.
Carragher claimed during commentary on Friday night that he believed it to be a worthy of a spot-kick and he reiterated his point on social media.
'It was a penalty & the man of the match knows it!' Carragher wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'Two blatant penalties for handball in the last two nights & VAR don’t get involved.'
Voeilmruy
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The EPL Referees Are Getting Lots Of Money From Betting Companies
hualmorst
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VAR comitee should be fired because so much controvesial decesion that they made,,until dont want to see and denied replay of what happen,,,
Cesbou
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Dont anybody see that Anfield pitch condition is really bad? So many slipping incident in that games.
Baydkmortu
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what about harvez was also pushed in the penalty box area?
Menzaxxxxx
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VAR everytime Liverpool play a game that can be important in title race.. eg.Against spursy boys and arsenal....
Andy_Mac
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Focus on your team struggling mate
Sorry mate but football doesn't revolve around just Chelsea FC. The app is called "AllFootball", not "Chelsea Football"
Mikee32
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It’s a clear penalty
gain123
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Liverpool be like
taaoprsyz
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CPL CORRUPT PREMIER LEAGUE. 1ST AGAINST SPURS, NOW ARSENAL, NOT TAKING SHOTS AT EITHER TEAM! ITS FOR HOWARD WEBB AND HIS PUPPETS, YOU GUYS ARE REALLY DISGUSTING! AND THEN YOU TRY TO JUSTIFY YOU SHYT! WEEK IN & WEEK OUT ITS ALWAYS SOMETHING WITH VAR!! FFS YOU GUYS CANT GET IT RIGHT!!! , ARE YOU SEMI RETARDED??? IF A MANAGER SAYS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SUSPEND AND OR FIND HIM, HOW DO YOU EXPECT A GROWN MAN TO RESPOND TO THIS NONSENSE,??? TELL ME??? SMILE AND SAY IT OK ?? LETS BE FOR REAL HERE, HOWARD WEBB YOU AND YOUR PUPPETS HAVE DESTROYED THE LEAGUE, I DONT HEAR NOR SEE ALL THIS CONTROVERSY IN ANY OTHER LEAGUES AROUND THE WORLD BUT ONLY IN THE EPL, WEEK IN & WEEK OUT, WHY IS THAT??? EPL HAVE THE WORST OFFICIALS IN THE WORLD THE WORST, GUY LOOKED LIKE HE WAS PLAYING BASKET BALL FOR THE LAKERS, VAR LOOKS AT IT AND DONT EVEN SUGGEST FOR THE REF TO COME OVER TO THE MONITOR!! TALKING ABOUT TAKING A P[$$. HOWARD WEBB AND YOUR PUPPETS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED BY FIFA BEC ITS CERTAINLY MATCH FIXING, BRIBES, SOMETHING GOING ON, YOU WANT TO BRING CHARGES ON CITY, EVERTON,CHELSEA,ETC. THE SAME SHOULD BE DONE TO OFFICIALS!!!