Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta praises VAR

November 13, 2023
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta praised the VAR for the right call to fire Fabio Vieira during his side's win over Burnley, the Gunners returned to winning ways by beating Vincent Kompany 3-1 in a week. From their controversial defeat to Newcastle at St James' Park. Arteta spoke out and described Anthony Gordon's goal of rewarding 'shame' and 'shame'.

Fabio Vieira was sent off in the final stages of the win over Burnley for a dangerous challenge on Josh Brownhill, and Arteta was full of praise for the VAR. Speaking with his post-match press conference, the Arsenal manager said: "With the red card, yes, thank you for asking me, the VAR is right." The referee was right.

Really a good decision. Really positive for Mikel to speak positively about that. The Gunners reacted by beating back rivals North London Tottenham to second place in the Premier League thanks to goals from Leandro Trossard, William Saliba and Oleksandr Zinchenko. Burnley on Saturday.