Burnley manager Sean Dyche observed that ‘on the scream-ometer, it was the highest I’ve heard for a long time’, after his side drew 1-1 at home to Arsenal.
VAR reversed Andre Marriner’s original decision to award a penalty to Arsenal after the referee adjudged that Burnley’s Erik Pieters handled a shot onto the bar, before showing the defender a red card. Marriner, however, then had to cancel both decisions.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reacted with frustration to a separate handball incident inside the penalty area: ‘If that’s not a penalty, then someone explain what is in this league.’
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