Former Premier League, Mark Clattenburg explained why Arsenal was lucky to win against Man United, thanks to his goal, from his view, “PGMOL failed”.
Defender Riccardo Calafiori scored the only goal of the match, helping Arsenal beat Man United 1-0 on Sunday last week. The former referee Clattenburg pointed out that the Premier League Organizing Committee is trying to limit the collision phase in fixed situations, yet William Saliba's collision with Mason Mount and goalkeeper Altay Bayindir were not blown.
He shared with United in Focus: “In real time, I did not see any problems with Arsenal's goal. But when reviewing in slow rotation mode, you can see that Mason Mount is pulled and Bayindir is hindered when competing. PGMOL said that they would punish heavier for phase into this type of ball, but once again they fail.”
A few days before the English Premier League in the 2025/26 season, Director of PGMOL, the former famous referee Howard Webb said that the black kings in the foggy land will be more strict in the collision situations between the player and the goalkeeper in the penalty area. Therefore, Mikel Arteta's Arsenal may have escaped this penalty at Old Trafford.
“We have to identify situations in accordance with the feedback we have received, that there are too many examples of players who clearly pull others back, affecting their ability to move to their ball or some violations of fouls without being punished,” the Webb said.
PGMOL is the agency responsible for operating his professional football matches and using assistant video referees (VAR) to support the referee on the field to make important decisions in the match, including goals, penalties, red cards directly and wrong judgment.
