{"id":301413,"date":"2023-12-04T18:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301413"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:24:26","slug":"arsenal-boss-arteta-responds-to-being-referenced-by-pep-guardiola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/arsenal-boss-arteta-responds-to-being-referenced-by-pep-guardiola\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal boss Arteta responds to being referenced by Pep Guardiola"},"content":{"rendered":"
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has responded after being referenced by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola told Sky Sports ‘I will not do a Mikel Arteta comment’ after City were denied the chance to score a winner late on against Tottenham as referee Simon Hooper pulled play back for a foul on Erling Haaland when Jack Grealish was through on goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Asked if he smiled when he saw Guardiola’s interview, Arteta, speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of Arsenal’s game away to Luton, laughed and said: ‘Onto the next one please.’<\/p>\n
Arteta was then asked if ‘doing a Mikel’ will go down in football vocabulary, to which he responded: ‘I’m not sure. I have enough in my garden and on my plate as well.’<\/p>\n
Guardiola’s comment about his former assistant after City’s 3-3 draw with Tottenham was in reference to Arteta’s outburst following Arsenal’s controversial 1-0 defeat to Newcastle last month.<\/p>\n
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Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta responded after being referenced by Man City manager Pep Guardiola<\/p>\n
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Guardiola said ‘I will not do a Mikel Arteta comment’ after Manchester City’s draw with Spurs<\/p>\n
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City were livid as play was brought back for a foul on Haaland instead of advantage being given<\/p>\n
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Tottenham took an early lead through Son Heung-min, but he scored an own goal shortly afterwards. Phil Foden then put City ahead before an excellent strike from Giovani Lo Celso pulled Tottenham level.<\/p>\n
Grealish restored City’s lead prior to Dejan Kulusevski’s late equaliser for Tottenham.<\/p>\n
City appeared set to get a fourth goal in stoppage time as Erling Haaland looked to play in Grealish, but referee Hooper controversially gave City a free-kick further back for a foul on Haaland.<\/p>\n
That prompted an angry response from City players, especially Haaland himself, who was hugely frustrated.<\/p>\n
Arteta was livid with some of the decisions made against his team at St James’ Park, especially with regards to Newcastle’s goal from Anthony Gordon.<\/p>\n
The 64th minute goal went through three separate VAR checks \u2014 to confirm Joe Willock kept the ball in play before he sent in a cross, a possible foul on Gabriel by Joelinton and whether Gordon was offside when he shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arteta stated that it was a ‘disgrace’ that the goal was allowed to stand and said that he was left feeling embarrassed by the decision.<\/p>\n
Arteta said: \u2018How the hell did this goal stand up? It\u2019s incredible. I feel embarrassed. It\u2019s an absolute disgrace that this was allowed. For many reasons it\u2019s not a goal.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Arteta was left fuming after VAR controversy during Arsenal’s defeat to Newcastle last month<\/p>\n
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Anthony Gordon’s goal for Newcastle against Arsenal went through three VAR checks<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s so difficult to compete at this level. This is nowhere near the [refereeing] level to describe this as the best league in the world. I feel sick to be part of this.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arteta also felt that Arsenal should have been awarded a penalty for a foul on Eddie Nketiah.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arteta added in his post-match interview: ‘The penalty on Eddie, there is a lot of things. The question is it’s not a goal, it’s simple. For a goal there are certainly things that are not allowed in football.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I have to stand here and explain, we lost three points. There’s too much at stake. It’s embarrassing. It’s not in their hands, I have to praise the players how they play here.<\/p>\n
‘It’s incredible how they competed against this team, it makes me sick. I feel sick to be part of this.’<\/p>\n
Arteta’s Arsenal are top of the Premier League going into their game against Luton on Tuesday and are two points clear of their closest challengers Liverpool.<\/p>\n
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