PL: West Brom vs Arsenal | December 31, 2017 | 16:30 GMT | Sky Sports

[MLK79]

Bro, Gibbs was like 5ft away when he crossed the ball...

That's generous.

 

[Jury]

You can fall victim of dodgy offsides and whatnot, but a handball like that is a few levels up on the robbery scale. If you cant recognise or understand that, then **** knows.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

Cech is ****ing fuming in his post match interview

 

[kofigunner]

38 points in 21 games. 26 goals conceded, shocking stuff

I thought I heard that this is the most goals we’ve conceded in a year since 1994? Our defence has really been poor this year.

 

[Mo Britain]

It's just the typical rubbish, people looking for any excuse.

The fact is we struggled to do anything of note against the bottom team.

The fact is it was not a penalty. If it was not a penalty it was not an excuse.

People looking for any excuse to diss Wenger even if it means denying the truth. It is not about how good or bad we were, it was simply not a penalty. Chambers hand was not in an unnatural position and his body was behind it.

 

[BobP]

No we wouldn't , his arms are tucked into his body , it if doesn't strike his arm it strikes his body . Ridiculous pen .

They're not though.

The issue is his distance to when Gibbs hit the ball.

Watch the lead up and you'll see his arms flaying about.

 

[Garrincha]

This clip makes it look a awful decision.

But look at this clip & reaction after the ball hits. Looks an intentional swat & just asking the ref to give it late on.

 

[celestis]

I hate all this "deserved" and "didnt do enough" bollocks. End of the day, we scored a goal and the ref ****ed up.

It's ****ing pathetic to hear , we dominated possession , we scored a goal , what more criteria of deserving is there ?

 

[tap-in]

Should have held on to the own goal that we managed to get late in the game against the bottom PL team. Says it all really, if we dont strengthen in Jan then Wenger is watching another team out there week in week out. The team I see is barely top 6 let alone top 4 level.

 

[SteveEvets]

Trouble is, Chambers moved his arm.

He did, but it was a reflexive protective move in anticipation of the cross. He's moving his arm in towards his body, and crucially, he's doing it before the cross left Gibbs foot. Never a penalty in a million years.

 

[A_G]

Liam Ridgwell and Dermot Gallagher say no penalty

 

[Sniper Mik]

I thought I heard that this is the most goals we’ve conceded in a year since 1994? Our defence has really been poor this year.

1984

 

[arsmile]

cech after the match was great


gibbs not even nearly appealing for anything....what a joke

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

Wait to people really think this was a handball?

 

[NieThePiet]

Why referees don't get bans for bad decisions?

Mistakes are human, but not again and again..

 

[Mo Britain]

Lol. Gibbs is a few feet from Chambers, who had his arms tucked in to avoid a hand ball if they were out to the side. Gibbs litterally crissed the ball right into his forearm. It's not as if Chambers tried to stop the ball with his arm. No pen for me.

Amazing how people's anti Wenger agenda is used to post silly comments like this.

Said it in one mate. People who are really unable to support Arsenal whilst Wenger is still manager should shut the **** up if they cannot at least watch a game dispassionately.

 

[FreakySami]

I've watched it again, distance is the only question mark.

Regardless, Chambers had his arms flaying all over the place when approaching Gibbs. Watch Mustafi approach a player in a similar position and he always has his arms behind his back

Besides, ball was at his body, not his face.

I know you are a wind up merchant but please go learn a thing or two about distances, natural arm placement and ball to hand. it doesn't matter his arm was already there and didn't make a movement to put it somewhere else. Also, don't bother replying I'm not going to reply to your post.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

It's ****ing pathetic to hear , we dominated possession , we scored a goal , what more criteria of deserving is there ?

People want us to bad so they can complain. As if there isn't enough to complain about without making **** up

 

[rich 1990]

Our defence is being criticised yet today the problems we had were with the attack. We only conceded because of a corrupt, gimpish clown

 

[Lady_Gooner]

Complaining about wrong decisions is not an ‘excuse’ for the team performance. We scored the goal to win us the game & we should’ve had a clean sheet to go with it.