UCL Debrief: Penalty controversy as Arsenal draw at Atletico

About this episode

The episode discusses Arsenal's draw with Atletico Madrid, focusing on refereeing controversies and insights from the panel.

Mark Chapman is joined by Chris Sutton, John Murray and Rory Smith to react to Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid – a game raising even more question marks about the consistency of refereeing. The panel also discuss whether getting away from Madrid with a draw a good result for Arsenal? Will they be nervous heading into the second leg? We also hear from a very frustrated Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta who says he is ‘incredibly fuming’ that they weren’t awarded a penalty for a foul on Eberechi Eze. Garry Birtles also joins the pod to look ahead to Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa in the Europa League semi-finals. Timecodes: 0’28: John Murray’s summary of the match 2’06: ‘Shocking decisions went against Arsenal’ 6’42: Will Arsenal be happy with a draw? 11’35: Mikel Arteta is ‘incredibly fuming’ 13’11: Importance of David Raya 14’40: Should Ademola Lookman have done better with his chances? 17’35: Why don’t Arsenal play to Gyokeres’ strengths? Football commentaries this week: Thursday 30th April EUROPA LEAGUE: Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa 2000 KO - LIVE ON 5 LIVE Saturday 2nd May WOMENS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Lyon v Arsenal 1400 KO - LIVE ON SPORTS EXTRA 2 PREMIER LEAGUE: Brentford v…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Chapman

Guests: Chris Sutton, John Murray, Rory Smith, Gary Birtles

Topics covered

• UCL
• Arsenal
• refereeing controversy
• Europa League
• match analysis
• coaching frustrations

Keywords

• Arsenal
• Atletico Madrid
• penalty controversy
• Mikel Arteta
• Europa League
• refereeing
• match analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Lyon, Brentford, West Ham, Newcastle, Brighton, Fulham

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