VAR Was Wrong To Overturn West Ham’s Goal Against Arsenal – Bowen

West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen has launched a scathing attack on officiating standards in the EPL. This comes after his team saw a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Arsenal chalked off by VAR.

Criticizing the lack of a uniform standard when it comes to subjective calls, Bowen questioned why similar incidents like the one on Raya had not resulted in goals being disallowed throughout the season.

Jarrod added that he considers the decision a very wrong one because the EPL is a physical league.

His words, “A real blow. We thought we’d done so well to get back in it and had it taken away from us. When you look at the screen for five minutes you’ll find something – a lot of grappling and a lot of holding. I’m sure if you look long enough you’ll find something.

Do I think it’s the right decision? No. Frustration. Where’s the consistency? As a fan you don’t want to celebrate a goal and then wait eight minutes and it’s taken off you.

Corners are physical. The Premier League is physical. That’s why everyone loves it. You have to expect contact at corners. If you give that you have to give all the holding calls in the world and that’s not the way people want the game to go down. I don’t want to sound bitter but last week we had one with Tomas Socuek held at Brentford and we didn’t get a penalty. But then you can’t give one like that today.”

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.