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Arsenal fans outraged by the ‘SHAMEFUL’ collision as Bukayo Saka gets injured but VAR overlooks, opponent escapes card

Football — 05/05/2024

Bukayo Saka was fouled so much that he hid the opponent’s shoe and printed it on his foot, causing a large tear, but there was no yellow or red card from the referee.

Bukayo Saka, who came in for some rough treatment against Bournemouth, a tackled by Lewis Cook

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In round 36 of the Premier League, Arsenal welcomed Bournemouth at Emirates home field. In the first 45 minutes, Mikel Arteta and his team completely overwhelmed the opponent with 16 shots, 5 shots on target, xG index (2.22), and 34 touches of the ball in the opponent’s penalty area, but it wasn’t until the 45th minute. They just took a 1-0 lead thanks to Bukayo Saka’s successful penalty kick.

 

Notably, Arsenal fans are not satisfied with the referee’s work in situations on the field. For example, in the 10th minute, Ryan Christie made an excessive tackle on Bukayo Saka, causing the Arsenal striker to receive a large tear on his shin. However, there was no penalty for the Bournemouth player and VAR did not intervene.

Witnessing this, Arsenal fans were angry on social networks. The first person wrote: “Xhaka must have received a red card”, an account named Truong Luong commented: “It must have been a broken leg like Ramsey and Diaby to be dangerous.” The third person continued: “Vieira also had a similar phase but now there is no red card?”.

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Meanwhile, according to journalist James McNicholas, VAR checked but ignored Ryan Christie’s foul on Bukayo Saka because it was considered a reckless but not dangerous foul. But looking at the clear nail marks on the 22-year-old striker’s leg, Arsenal fans have the right to question the VAR team’s management.

Returning to the match, with a goal against Bournemouth, Bukayo Saka continued to show his impressive form this season. He is currently the first Arsenal player to score 20 goals in a season in all categories. arena, since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 2019-20 season (29 goals) and the first English player to do this for the Gunners since Theo Walcott in 2012-13 (21 goals).

 

In addition, Bukayo Saka is also the youngest player to have 25 consecutive goals/assists in the Premier League since Wayne Rooney in the 05/06-06/07 season. With what he has shown, the striker born in 2001 deserves to be one of Arsenal’s best players this season as well as England’s hope for the upcoming Euro campaign.