This should have at least gone to VAR.

even my wife shouted “ that’s a pen “. Such a criminal decision

100% pen - Arteta would be furious if that happened to his team.

Not even a check? A peek? A little lookey-loo? Nothing?!

The first angle it looks 100% like a pen but then all the other angles make you wonder how his legs could explode in the other direction like that without diving.

Are they PL refs?

The more I‘m watching the replays the more I think it’s not a penalty at all. The last take shows almost no contact at all, and the Ukrainian jumps in a very awkward way. Sure him being theatrical shouldn’t influence if it’s a pen or not, but then I watch the 3rd replay again and it‘s less and less contact to me.

The Ukrainian tries to force a penalty, to me, but IDK to be honest.

The most blatant penalty I’ve ever seen

Ceferin’s comment before the match 👁️👁️👁️

The ref must be a closet Russian

The Italian Job, #robbed

Even if the ref somehow missed it, I can’t imagine VAR managed to check it properly in such short amount of time. Looked like the play resumed within like 10 seconds. There just wasn’t enough time to tell the ref that they are checking something, see it in slowmotion in a few angles and then report back that “nah, we didn’t see anything wrong”.

There is slight contact on his left leg. The way that he exaggerated it by leaping off his right leg made it look a bit suss and probably put the ref in two minds.

If he doesn’t make an absolute hash of the dramatical foul I think it’s given, it just so simulated because of his reaction.

Unclear from the replay that the defender didn’t get the ball first