Some Arsenal fans have been left frustrated with Albert Sambi Lokonga's social media activity following their 1-1 draw with Brentford on Saturday.
The Gunners failed to secure all three points in their crucial Premier League clash at the Emirates Stadium, with Leandro Trossard's first goal for the club cancelled out just eight minutes later by Bees striker Ivan Toney. The result means Manchester City have the chance to go within three points of the league leaders if they defeat Aston Villa on Saturday afternoon before City travel to north London on Wednesday to take on Mikel Arteta and co.
Arsenal midfielder Lokonga, who is currently on loan with Crystal Palace, upset some supporters after the full-time whistle, 'liking' a post on Instagram about the Gunners dropping points. It was an especially tough result to take for manager Arteta, who made sure to call out the officiating in the build-up to Brentford's equaliser.
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Speaking after the full-time whistle, the Spaniard said: "Yes. I just looked and it is offside, yes. It is frustrating but they will probably give an explanation later in the week.
"Today we haven’t got one. You have to apply certain principles in defending but that depends on you following the rules."
The former City assistant coach will be left less than impressed after it emerged that Video Assistant Referee Lee Mason forgot to draw the offside lines for Toney's goal, as per The Daily Mail.
PGMOL representative Chris Foy, who also used to referee in the English top-flight said: "VAR was looking to see if there was an offside and whether Ethan Pinnock had blocked off Gabriel in the build-up. He looked at the possible foul and decided there hadn’t been one and therefore referee Peter Bankes hadn’t made a clear and obvious error.
"However, in the build-up to the goal, Christian Norgaard — whose cross it is that Toney heads in — is in an offside position. However, the truth is that VAR didn’t fully investigate with the lines.
"The lines, simply, didn’t go down. And that counts as human error. Had the lines gone down the goal would have been disallowed for offside."
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