In Arsenal's match against Manchester United, referee Bowson made a rare penalty. In just five minutes, Arsenal were on a roller coaster, experiencing the anger and joy of being blown from scoring goals to getting penalties and scoring them. So, did Baoson make the right decision?
The scene came in the 27th minute of the match, when Erdegaard arced straight into the penalty area, the ball bounced off Saka's knee and Nkedia swept through the goal.
As Arsenal players and Arteta celebrated wildly, the video assistant referee reminded the referee that the goal was controversial.
First of all, Nkedia is suspected of being offside. At the time of Saka's cross, Nkedia and Telles were almost in parallel positions. The video assistant referee, after marking the line, confirmed that Nkedia was in an offside position.
The game did not resume after it was determined that the goal was valid. Instead, the video assistant referee was still looking back at the slow motion because Theresa was suspected of foul play on Telles, who pushed Saka behind his back.
After being reminded, Bowson walked to the sideline to watch slow motion. At this point, Arteta was furious and kept waving her arms to pressure Baoson. In slow motion, Theres pushed Saka behind without the possibility of touching the ball, which allowed Bauson to award a penalty while canceling the goal.
After Saka scored the penalty, Arteta celebrated once again wildly. Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandez and C Ronaldo became very angry and kept communicating with Baoson.
It wasn't just the penalty that angered Cristiano Ronaldo, after the opening, Elanga was kicked down in the penalty area, Sancho broke through and the ball hit the opponent's hand, and Baoson did not award a penalty. After Sancho raised his hand, Ronaldo even rushed to Baoson's side to complain.
It is worth mentioning that after Sancho led the opponent's handball, no slow motion of this controversy was given.