Crystal Palace fight back to earn point after VAR rules out late Arsenal goal

Arsenal’s taste for last-gasp luck had to be dulled eventually but, despite yet another turbulent, chaotic and at times unpleasant afternoon, they will wonder why they did not beat Crystal Palace. That is not because they merited three points; they rapidly went two goals up through Sokratis Papastathopoulos and David Luiz before reverting to their very worst selves and throwing it all away. But they are entitled to ask why an apparent winner from Sokratis seven minutes from time was disallowed after a lengthy VAR review with no explanation offered to anyone in the stadium, replays later showing a possible stray arm from Calum Chambers but nothing fitting a definition of clear and obvious.

Football needs to sort this out quickly; Arsenal, though, need to sort themselves out too and the prevailing mood was summed up when Granit Xhaka received abuse when he was substituted during the second half, responding in a way that surely asks questions of his future in Unai Emery’s team.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/27/arsenal-crystal-palace-premier-league-match-report