Arsenal fans will be even more annoyed, VAR failed to see another clear offside during Brentford goal because of camera angles

Arsenal fans could be left outraged, after it was revealed that Ivan Toney's goal for Brentford at the weekend should have been disallowed twice.

It's no surprise that Ian Wright was incensed following Arsenal's draw against Brentford on Saturday, as they suffered a second loss of points in-a-row in their Premier League title race.

The former Gunners' striker summed up the whole of the fanbase after VAR official Lee Mason failed to draw the lines on the pitch in the build up to the goal.

All the league leaders received in replacement of a correct decision was contact from referees chief Howard Webb, who also spoke to Brighton after they had a goal incorrectly disallowed.

It was Christian Norgaard's offside that Mason was accused of messing up but it seems that it wasn't the only issue for the VAR official.

Ethan Pinnock and Gabriel tussled at the free kick which led to the goal, however, it was decided that the Brentford defender hadn't done enough for his actions to be considered a foul.

The rules for offside are different though, and Pinnock only needed to have been deemed to be stopped the Brazilian from attempting to get to the ball if it was decided he was offside.

That's where the problem turns up for Arsenal, as per Dale Johnson's VAR review, Mason decided that Pinnock was stopping Gabriel.

However, no camera angle available to the officials was able to show Gabriel's right hand side, which was closest to the goal, so it couldn't be proved that Pinnock was indeed offside.

Pinnock's body obscured the camera. Image: BBC

Whilst it certainly looked as if the Brentford man was beyond Gabriel, the fact that no angle showed it conclusively meant there was nothing the referee could do.

Having spent so long on trying to work out if Pinnock was first fouling his opponent enough for offside not to matter and then whether he was offside, Mason didn't spend long, or any time, on Norgaard.

The issue of the camera angles hit Wolves earlier in the year, during their FA Cup match with Liverpool, in which the television angle couldn't determine if a player was offside or not.

On that occasion the offsie had been given on the pitch, so the goal didn't stand, Wolves were also doubly annoyed after Mohamed Salah scored an equally controversial goal.

Some fans have claimed that, so far this season, every game Arsenal have dropped points in has been down to decisions going incorrectly against them.

Topics: Arsenal, Brentford, Premier League, VAR

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