{"id":104115,"date":"2026-01-18T10:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/arsenal-drew-against-forest-arteta-claims-uncalled-penalty\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T14:02:45","slug":"arsenal-drew-against-forest-arteta-claims-uncalled-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/arsenal-drew-against-forest-arteta-claims-uncalled-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal drew against Forest: Arteta claims uncalled penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arteta Laments Un-Called Penalty in Arsenal Draw<\/h2>\n\nArsenal manager Mikel Arteta expressed his frustration after the 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest, pointing out a “very clear penalty” which, according to him, was not called.\n\nThe team, which leads the Premier League, missed the opportunity to extend its lead to nine points, after Manchester City’s defeat to Manchester United.\n\nDespite Arsenal’s dominance for much of the match at the City Ground, the score remained unchanged, leaving the team with a seven-point lead over City.\n\nGabriel Martinelli wasted a clear opportunity, and Declan Rice also saw his attempt frustrated by a block from Nikola Milenkovic in the first half.\n\nMikel Arteta ‘convinced’ Arsenal have the ability to win four trophies\n\nSubstitutes Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka came close to scoring, but Arteta lamented a play in the 80th minute in which Forest defender Ola Aina was reviewed by VAR for a possible handball.\n\n\n
\n\n

“We came here to win the match and we didn’t achieve it for different reasons,” Arteta commented. “It’s a credit to them because they are very well organized and they are very good at breaking the rhythm when you have a certain superiority in the game.”<\/p>\n\nMikel Arteta<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nArteta highlighted the clear opportunities created by his team, including one for Martinelli and another for Rice, as well as a header from Bukayo and the play of the uncalled penalty.\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\nThe replay of the match suggested that the ball hit Aina’s shoulder first and then his arm was in a natural position upon contact.\n\n\n
\n\n

“He hits the shoulder and then takes the ball with his hand. So the explanation is not correct, but the rest is fine,” Arteta said. “The order is fine, but the moment and the intention of the play are very clear. If not, I wouldn’t be here, and in my opinion, it’s a very clear penalty.”<\/p>\n\nMikel Arteta<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nReflecting on the missed opportunity to extend the lead, Arteta added: “Every week is an opportunity. We want to win every match and, if we had done so, we would be in a different position. We took a step, a smaller one than we would have liked, but it’s a step.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arteta Laments Un-Called Penalty in Arsenal Draw Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta expressed his frustration after the 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest, pointing out a “very clear penalty” which, according to him, was not called. The team, which leads the Premier League, missed the opportunity to extend its lead to nine points, after Manchester City’s defeat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[140,1562,400,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-104115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-nottingham-forest","10":"tag-penalty","11":"tag-premier-league"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}