Some controversial refereeing saw two
Arsenal penalty shouts turned down, while Laurent Koscielny was also somewhat lucky to remain on the pitch.
Not exact matches
With 90 minutes gone of
Arsenal's game at West Brom it looked as if
Arsenal fans were going to get a happy end of year party with 3 points in the bag, but Mike Dean whistled for a
penalty that not even the West Brom players bothered
shouting for.
If it is not a referee like Mike Dean denying
Arsenal two good
penalty shouts and forcing us into an FA cup replay that we could really do without, it is a Champions League draw throwing us up against one of the big favourites Bayern Munich in the group stage and then the only team worse than the Germans in the knockout stage.
On Sunday
Arsenal gave them nothing but a weak
penalty shout and didn't bow to any of their roughhousing even after Vermaelen was almost broken in half from a late tackle.
The Blues were rocking after missing a chance at one end and seeing
Arsenal come back up the other end and have a good
shout for a
penalty denied.
Arsenal did escape with another
penalty shout, right at the end, when the impressive Cabella, was fouled by Diaby inside the box, but the referee by now, used to the French side's excessive diving tactics, decided to wave play on.