FIFA experts say referees at the World Cup are aware of the growing trend in the Premier League for grappling and crowding around goalkeepers at corner kicks and “will deal with this in a very good way.
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West Ham’s Callum Wilson, center, scores a goal that was later disallowed following a video review during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026. West Ham’s head coach Nuno Espirito Santo reacts during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026.
Players appeal to referee Chris Kavanagh after he disallowed a goal by West Ham’s Callum Wilson during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026. Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya, center, is fouled by West Ham United’s Pablo Felipe in the build up to Callum Wilson disallowed goal during the English Premier League match in London, Sunday May 10, 2026.
Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya, center, is fouled by West Ham United’s Pablo Felipe in the build up to Callum Wilson disallowed goal during the English Premier League match in London, Sunday May 10, 2026. West Ham’s Callum Wilson, center, scores a goal that was later disallowed following a video review during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026.
West Ham’s Callum Wilson, center, scores a goal that was later disallowed following a video review during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026. West Ham’s head coach Nuno Espirito Santo reacts during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026.
West Ham’s head coach Nuno Espirito Santo reacts during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026. Players appeal to referee Chris Kavanagh after he disallowed a goal by West Ham’s Callum Wilson during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026.
Players appeal to referee Chris Kavanagh after he disallowed a goal by West Ham’s Callum Wilson during the Premier League soccer match between West Ham and Arsenal in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026. are aware of the growing trend in the Premier League for grappling and crowding around goalkeepers at corner kicks and “will deal with this in a very good way,” FIFA experts warned Monday.
The issue of how match officials deal with jostling between players at set-pieces was brought into full focus on Sunday when In what has been described as the most significant video review in Premier League history, it was adjudged that Arsenal goalkeeper David Raya was being impeded by the flailing arm of West Ham player Pablo as they competed for the ball at a corner during a chaotic penalty-area scene where players from both teams were grabbing and pulling each other.
On many other occasions, similar levels of physical contact have gone unpunished, with Premier League officials seemingly having a high tolerance before intervening in a season when Pascal Zuberbühler, the former Switzerland goalkeeper who is the co-ordinator for FIFA’s Technical Study Group at the upcoming World Cup, acknowledged the need to be on top of the issue of grappling at corners “from the beginning” of the tournament.
“This is a trend — yes, of course — but I’m sure for our World Cup, we have the best referees there and the referees will be a key part of this situation,” he said on a video call with reporters. “It’s difficult for the referees because a little foul on the goalkeeper in between so many people around you, it’s not easy to see this.
But I’m very, very sure we, at FIFA, have the best referees anyway and we will deal with this in a very good way. ” For many, it was ironic that Arsenal — which wound up beating West Ham 1-0 to stay on course for a first Premier League title since 2004 — benefited from the controversial call.
Under manager Mikel Arteta, the Gunners have become the most dangerous team in England at corners and free kicks, embracing a designated set-piece specialist coach in Nicolas Jover and setting up specific patterns in dead-ball situations to cause maximum chaos. Gilberto Silva, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002 and a Premier League champion with Arsenal in 2004, is also in the FIFA technical group and said dominating set plays was a “very strong weapon” for his former team.
However, he added: “I’m not so sure if the World Cup’s going to be the same way because you don’t have so much time to prepare the team for this tournament. The Premier League will be sending dozens of players to the World Cup — being held from June 11-July 19 in the United States, Canada and Mexico — as well as two of a total of 52 referees, and they’ll have to adapt to a different threshold than the one they’ve been under for the previous nine months.
The late VAR call at the West Ham-Arsenal game remained a source of great debate into Monday, given its ramifications. Not only did it propel Arsenal closer to the title, it also plunged West Ham closer to what would be a costly relegation from the lucrative Premier League. With two games remaining, West Ham is in third-to-last place — the final relegation spot in the 20-team league.
The BBC reported Monday that the Hammers were set to contact English soccer’s referees’ body to raise its concerns about the decision and request further explanation. There was no official comment from the club, though its players and manager Nuno Espirito Santo were unhappy after the game.
“Even the referees don’t know what is a foul and what is not a foul — it creates doubt,” he said. “You look at every corner in the Premier League and something like this is happening, not just today, but on all the pitches. I am talking about the lack of consistency.
” Arteta praised the match officials –— on-field referee Chris Kavanagh and VAR official Darren England, neither of whom are going to the World Cup — for having the “clarity … to make the right call” under so much pressure.
“Because,” he said, “you’re talking about a moment that can decide the history, the course, of two massive clubs that they are fighting with their lives to achieve their objectives. ” Former Premier League assistant referee Darren Cann, who ran the line in the 2010 World Cup final, said on the BBC that England “stepped up to the plate, he made the right decision and it’s the biggest VAR call in Premier League history.
”Douglas is a Europe-based sports writer who has covered some of the world’s biggest events for The AP over the last 15 years, notably the men’s soccer World Cup final in 2022. As well as soccer, he handles a range of other sports including golf, cricket and rugby.
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