Arsenal fans complain more than they celebrate as Gary Neville needs to STFU

Maybe Arsenal fans need to celebrate more, not less? There’s a lot of complaining in the Mailbox and they’re getting very defensive.

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Sure, Arsenal won, but what was the referee doing?
So unless someone can explain the refereeing, Bournemouth really did deserve nothing from that game.

There were 4 handball penalty calls against Bournemouth – the final 3 were all rightly dismissed (ball to hand, arm across body, etc), but the first call, in the first half, had the Bournemouth player jumping in the air to head the ball, missed the header, and his outstretched arm took the ball away from an arsenal player – you see those given every single week, and dare I say that is 100% given if it’s Man Utd instead of Arsenal…

Tomiyasu had the back of his boot kicked in the box after he got to the ball first – kicked over in the box from behind after winning the ball, how on earth was that not given? The 3rd penalty Arsenal should’ve had was when Martinelli was rugby tackled from behind (just like Saka vs Souttar with Leicester last week). What the hell is going on with these calls? To make the Martinelli penalty decision even worse, Bournemouth’s second goal, from the corner, came from a free kick where the Bournemouth player nutmegged Partey and then dived. If I was being as harsh as possible on Arsenal, Partey’s finger touched the player’s shoulder, giving him a reason to embarrassingly hurl himself to the ground, but if this is a foul then how on earth is Martinelli getting rugby tackled by the shoulders from behind not a penalty?

Honestly, I am still buzzing from the result, what a goal from Reiss Nelson, plus Nelson and Smith-Rowe were each subbed on and made an assist, well done. But 3 clear penalties denied, Saka penalty last week vs Leicester denied, 2 points from Brentford stolen from the VAR ref who was then fired – these ridiculous calls are adding up and are becoming hard to watch or understand. Post-match referee interviews and explanations, please!
Andrew M, AFC (obviously, and is Partey clear of Rodri and Casemiro? They’re all so good), Australia

For anyone who didn’t actually watch the game (and let’s be frank, that’s a lot of people given it wasn’t on TV in the UK) asking why Arsenal scored in the seventh minute of injury time when only six were allocated, it’s very simple. After about 40 seconds of injury time, Adam Smith sat on the floor again in an attempt to…