Fans fume ‘you can’t make this up’ after controversial VAR confirmed for huge Arsenal vs Liverpool clash
FANS are fuming about the controversial VAR allocation for Arsenal vs Liverpool.
The two Premier League heavyweights go head to head this Sunday in a crucial clash in the title race.
It’s the second time the two sides have come head to head in the league in a matter of weeks.
Their 1-1 draw last time out was clouded in controversy after Liverpool were denied a penalty for what appeared to be a handball in the box by Martin Odegaard.
Mohamed Salah had attempted to flick the ball around Odegaard when it hit the arm of the Arsenal skipper.
But after a review of the incident, VAR David Coote decided not to award Liverpool a spot kick.
The decision was later reviewed by chief refereeing officer Howard Webb on Match Officials Mic’d Up, who revealed it SHOULD have been a penalty.
And now with the Emirates Stadium preparing to host the reverse fixture this weekend, David Coote has been chosen once again as the VAR for the match despite his incorrect decision.
Fans can’t believe that Coote has been re-selected for the same fixture just six weeks after making such a high profile mistake.
Taking to social media, one wrote: “You actually can’t make this up!”
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While another added: “Make it make sense.”
A third simply wrote: “Joke.”
And a fourth joked: “Mortgage on decisions going Liverpool’s way in that case!”
The game is about as high pressure as it gets as both teams fight for their lives in the title race.
Liverpool currently sit top of the table with Arsenal just five points behind them in third place.
But before the two meet in north London this weekend they will both have to get through their midweek Premier League fixtures.
Arsenal travel to face Nottingham Forest tonight while Liverpool face the tough task of hosting Chelsea at Anfield.