The FA:
“It’s alleged that his comments constitute misconduct as they are insulting towards match officials and/or detrimental to the game and/or bring the game into disrepute.”
Further details:
Arteta has until November 21 to respond to the charge. Once a charge is issued, the “participant” has three further business days to reply. A regulatory commission hearing would then take place within 10 business days of the response from the “participant”.
What did Arteta say in the first place?
“We have to talk about the result because you have to talk about how the hell this goal stands up and it’s incredible,” he said.
“I feel embarrassed but I have to be the one now coming here to try to defend the club and please ask for help, because it’s an absolute disgrace that this goal is allowed it’s an absolute disgrace.
“Because it’s not a goal for many reasons it’s not a goal, for more than one reason at least, it’s not a goal and it’s too much at stake here. We put so much effort, it’s so difficult to compete at this level, and it’s an absolute disgrace.
“Again, I feel embarrassed having more than 20 years in this country, and this is nowhere near the level to describe this as the best league in the world. I am sorry.
“That makes it even worse (that there were three checks). It makes it even worse. You just need to see one image, if you need, and you have any doubt you look at the second one, and if this is a goal, okay, that’s fine.”
Arteta’s comments were supported by Arsenal, with the release of a club statement that “wholeheartedly” supported him and criticised the “unacceptable” officiating errors.
More on this news to follow in the coming days.
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Arsenal fans acting like this wasn’t the only outcome after that press conference
I’ve honestly never seen a 70/30 goal decision generate fucking weeks of this level of debate and discussion, fuck me.
Haven’t we all been changed by the FA? I feel I’ll never be the same again.
I hate change and I hate things staying the same.
Short changed I would say.
PGMOL consists of pure idiots.
Cause he’s a fucking cry baby whinger
Isn’t the terrible officiating bringing the game into disrepute?
jealousy and xenophobia; Arteta and Arsenal should just stop engaging with them
He’s no longer the favourite.
I’d like to support referee interview after the game so they could explain the decision they made on the field. Is it Mourinho that said it? Or someone i forgot
Because he threw a temper tantrum about a call that went against him. It’s nothing new, managers are well aware of the code of conduct around their press conferences. Where do you think, “I prefer not to speak” comes from?
Everyone has seemingly lost their minds after the Liverpool decision. The Liverpool situation is fundamentally different - a flawed process led to an objectively correct call being wrongly ignored. In the case of the Newcastle goal, it’s just a subjective foul call that reddit’s armchair officials disagrees with. Guess what, there is a degree of subjectivity in. Sometimes those subjective calls go against you. It happens to every team.
Arteta’s temper tantrum after the match is not something that should be normalized. If I were an Arsenal fan I would be embarrassed by his behavior and the club’s follow-up statement. Presumably it was to deflect attention from the poor performance (one single shot on target) but the sanction should come as no surprise.
Nothing he said hasn’t been said before by other managers, but I can’t think of any other examples where they have gone on at such length about it.
I’m not disagreeing with what he has said, only that the reason he was likely done for misconduct is the extent of his complaint rather than the content.
The question is… why wasn’t he charged earlier? It was one of the most open and shut cases I have seen in a long time!
Thou shalt not criticise thy referee.
Shouldn’t they also fine Arsenal for their statement?
unless they charge Lee Mason with bringing the game into disrepute the FA should pipe down tbh.
not going to happen obviously but they definitely live in a glass house and don’t seem to want to change anything