Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said a 1-0 loss to Inter Milan in the Champions League was “very, very difficult to accept” after two penalty decisions went against his team.
Referee talks with Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta during a Champions League opening phase soccer match between Inter Milan and Arsenal at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Inter Milan ’s goalkeeper Yann Sommer , top left, makes a safe on Arsenal’s Mikel Merino during a Champions League opening phase soccer match between Inter Milan and Arsenal at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024.
The only goal of the game came just before halftime after Inter was awarded a penalty when a free kick into the area skimmed off Mehdi Taremi and onto Mikel Merino’s outstretched arm, and Hakan Çalhanoğlu converted from the spot. Merino had a penalty appeal of his own rejected earlier in the match – after being checked by the video assistant referee – when he appeared to be punched in the head by Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer as they both went for a cross.
“Well, I don’t understand, it’s just a deflection,” Arteta said on the penalty that was awarded against Merino. “There is no danger all, you can not react because the ball is very close. But OK, they decide there is a penalty. But then if that’s a penalty, the one on Mikel Merino, you know, when he punches in the head, it has to be 1,000% a penalty. And these are the margins in this game and very, very difficult to accept.
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