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Arsenal fans were quick to express their frustration on social media after West Ham took an early lead at the Emirates.
After Bowen appeared to keep the ball in play, Arsenal rushed to clear the ball, although their players thought the ball had gone out of play.
With the confusion on the pitch visible, Tomas Soucek capitalized and scored the opener, putting the visitors 1-0 ahead inside the first 15 minutes.
Fans were reminded of Arsenal's 1-0 defeat at St James' Park when Antony Gordon converted the ball, seemingly out of play, from Joe Willock's pass.
'I can't believe we're falling victim to a lack of camera angles to prove if a ball is in or out… we've been robbed twice this season!' One user wrote.
Arsenal thought the ball was out of play, although Soucek quickly scored an early goal
The ball appeared to go out of play, although the VAR ruled that there was 'insufficient evidence'
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VAR plagued the match early on, with Arsenal fans quick to complain on social media
Soucek opened the scoring for the visitors, who wanted to take all three points from the home team
Willock told the Arsenal players that the ball had gone out of play in the build-up to Gordon's goal
“I mean, that's out. The ball is yellow. It's pretty easy to see,” wrote another.
'Arsenal fans will moan, but that goal should stand. With the camera angle you cannot determine with certainty whether you broke up or not. That's why you agree with the decision on the field. That's simple.' One defended the VAR decision to let the goal stand.
“MAKE ANOTHER DECLARATION IMMEDIATELY @Arsenal,” posted a user on X, formerly Twitter.
'The ball is out. The message makes it easy to judge.” Another person agreed.
Mikel Arteta was accused of misconduct by the FA over his VAR rant following Arsenal's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle earlier this year.
The Spanish manager said VAR's decision to allow Anthony Gordon's winner was 'shameful', 'an absolute disgrace' and that he felt 'sick'.
The goal was checked three times to see if the ball had initially gone out of play by Joe Willock's cross, if Gabriel had been fouled by Joelinton and if Gordon had been offside, although VAR ruled there was 'no evidence' to support one of the goals. the claims.
Arsenal can go top of the Premier League with three points at the Emirates on Thursday.