Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard criticised the decision to disallow Gabriel Martinelli’s goal in Arsenal’s defeat at Manchester United, but Roy Keane says he is “fed up with their excuses”.
Arsenal thought they had taken a 12th-minute lead when Martinelli finished superbly after being played through by Bukayo Saka after Christian Eriksen had been robbed of possession by Odegaard.
But the goal was disallowed after VAR Lee Mason advised referee Paul Tierney to check the pitchside monitor, where he ruled Eriksen had been fouled by Arsenal’s captain in the build-up.
The Gunners went on to lose 3-1 at Old Trafford as their 100 per cent start to the season was ended, but Arsenal boss Arteta says the Martinelli decision was “difficult to accept”.
He told Sky Sports: “It’s a lack of consistency. What is soft? Last week, they [Aston Villa] got a goal when there’s a foul on Aaron [Ramsdale], but it’s soft and it’s not a foul.