Ola Aina mocks Arsenal penalty claims after VAR controversy
Source: Express
Published 2 months ago
Nottingham Forest defender Ola Aina has turned to social media to poke fun at the controversial decision not to award Arsenal a penalty during their goalless Premier League draw at the City Ground. In the dying moments of the match, Aina was at the centre of a handball incident inside Forest's penalty box.
The full-back seemed to guide the ball with his arm close to the touchline, preventing it from going out for a corner. Despite vocal protests from Arsenal's players, referee Michael Oliver waved away their appeals.
VAR official Darren England subsequently examined the incident before determining that the ball had "played off Aina's shoulder first" and that his arm was in a "natural position". "We came here to win the game and we haven't managed to do that for different reasons," Mikel Arteta commented afterwards.
"It's a credit to them because they are really well organised and they are really good at breaking momentum when you have certain dominance in the game. But the players had four massive challenges as well, with Martinelli on open goal, Declan Rice attacking, Mikel and the header of Bukayo. And on top of that, obviously, a very clear penalty in the box that has...
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