How many points did Arsenal lose because of VAR errors?

During the trip to Old Trafford in September 2022, Arsenal conceded Man Utd in the 12th minute thanks to Gabriel Martinelli's goal. Referee Paul Tierney conceded the goal, but VAR Lee Mason asked Mr Tierney to review the situation where Martin Odegaard could have fouled Christian Eriksen earlier. After watching the situation, the referee canceled Arsenal's opening goal.

"Gunners" lost this 1-3 match, and it was also their only loss in the first half of the season.

In the meeting in December 2022, the arbitral tribunal determined this was one of six situations where VAR erroneously intervened in phase one. They think that the goal should have been awarded to Martinelli, because the collision between Odegaard and Eriksen was not clear enough for VAR to intervene. Coach Mikel Arteta and Odegaard also said that the Norwegian midfielder did not commit a foul in that situation.

Jesus revealed his conversation with referee Jones shortly after the situation. "He said if I had fallen earlier, the referee would have blown the penalty," the Arsenal striker said. "I think that's also fair. At that time I tried to stay steady to shoot even though I was dragged, but it failed because it was impossible to shoot, so I fell."

Also in this match, midfielder Granit Xhaka crossed the ball into Jacob Murphy's hand in the away team's penalty area, but again Mr. Madley and VAR Stuart Attwell did not give the home team a penalty. Coach Arteta thinks the referee has shamefully denied two Arsenal penalties. Former Man Utd defender Gary Neville also thinks Newcastle was lucky because they did not get a penalty, and Arteta has reason to be angry because he lost two points.

Through 21 matches this season, Arsenal lead with 16 wins, three draws and two losses. In five matches they dropped points, the referee made mistakes in four matches that caused the "Gunners" to have lost six points. In which, there were two matches where the referees admitted to VAR mistakes, both in the position of Mr. Mason.

In the 23rd round of the Premier League over the weekend, the referee also admitted the mistake that made Brighton lose a goal against Crystal Palace. They also made a lead error when they canceled Wout Weghorst's 3-0 goal for Man Utd against Leeds, but that mistake did not affect the result. The consecutive errors caused the head of the referee Howard Webb to have an emergency meeting with his partner, but no penalty has been announced.