Arsenal Manager Mikel Areta has proposed that the inconsistent enforcement of rules of Premier League Referees has influenced the club’s title offer.
The Gunners were lost on Saturday by West Ham United 1-0 at home-first defeat in the Emirates Stadium in 2024/25-and Myles Lewis Skelly to a straight red card after Var recommended that Craig Pawson was to the left-back Send off because he refused Mohammed Kudus a chance for the goalkeepers.
Lewis-Skelly initially received a yellow card from Pawson, whereby the incident took place in the Halfway line, but David Raya’s position outside of his penalty area made a free goal for Kudus.
There was no indication that Pawson’s decision was wrong, but the red card increased the Arsenal record for the Premier League season at five – the highest in the division.
This season, Declan Rice and Leandro Trossard saw Red, after taking up two yellow cards that contained both precautionary measures for the delay in the restart, and Areta, who spoke on Wednesday before the Gunners’ trip to Nottingham, did not show these special rules Consistently indicated were enforced throughout the campaign.
“Yes, there are things in certain red cards that we had that we could have done differently,” said Arteta. “Although the rules have now changed again and have not considered what it was before.
“In other aspects it is very difficult to change, because if you ask the player why he made this decision, it is a very spontaneous decision. A very sharp movement or decision -making that caused it to act. It is Very difficult to change that.
“We made great progress this season because we should be in a completely different position with everything that happened,” added the Spaniard. “There is no team in the history of the Premier League with five red cards and the amount of injuries we had, which were in the position in which we are today. [should be] In the middle of the table and outside the Champions League. “
Arsenal Now Trail leader Liverpool with 11 points and know that further slips will almost certainly lead to Merseyside a second time in five years.