Liverpool Will Have To Move On From Unawarded Penalty Vs Arsenal – Saliba

Arsenal defender, William Saliba has come out to admit that his side were perhaps fortunate not to be penalized vs Liverpool. This is coming after Martin Odegaard handled the ball in the box, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it definitely looked like a penalty when shown in slow motion, so Arsenal got really lucky that the decision to award it did not come.

Saliba added that he is not the referee, so everyone would have to accept the decision and move on.

His words, “Yes, of course. Of course, it was a penalty. But, I’m not the referee and we have to accept [the decision].”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season, Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.