{"id":10037,"date":"2026-05-13T07:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=10037"},"modified":"2026-05-13T07:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:55:55","slug":"callum-wilson-breaks-silence-on-disallowed-goal-against-arsenal-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=10037","title":{"rendered":"Callum Wilson breaks silence on disallowed goal against Arsenal | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t<\/div>Callum Wilson thought he\u2019d scored the goal that had earned West Ham a draw against Arsenal (Picture: Sky Sports)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Callum Wilson has criticised the match officials for failing to show consistency after his controversial goal was ruled out during Sunday\u2019s potentially decisive Premier League clash between Arsenal and West Ham.<\/p>\n
The fallout from Sunday\u2019s London derby shows no sign of abating as the debate rages on as to whether the Gunners\u2019 enjoyed a huge slice of good fortune when VAR came to their rescue in injury time. <\/p>\n
Wilson thought he has earned his side a valuable point in the battle to beat the drop when he fired home from close range after David Raya had spilled the ball under pressure from Pablo.<\/p>\n
After a lengthy pause in play, referee Chris Kavanagh overturned his original decision having been asked to review footage on the pitch-side monitor after the video assistants spotted Pablo holding onto Raya\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n
PGMOL chief Howard Webb spoke at length on the \u00a0Match Officials Mic\u2019d Up show on Tuesday evening defending the decision to dissallow a goal that had huge ramifications at the top and bottom of the table, but Wilson insists justice was far from served.<\/p>\n
He told Sky Sports: \u2018For me it\u2019s against us, are you saying it\u2019s a foul? Possibly. But of course, there\u2019s incidents that have happened throughout the season that are similar.<\/p>\n
\u2018I just think if there\u2019s consistency then there\u2019s no complaints from anybody and I think with that specific incident five seconds before it there\u2019s obviously other fouls that are in there.<\/p>\n\n
\n\t\t\t<\/div>Pablo was penalised for stretching an arm across Raya\u2019s chest and impeding the Spaniard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u2018So, if you\u2019re going to pull up one you\u2019re going to have to pull up all of them. I think he probably should have just let it see itself out and think it\u2019s just handbags in the box and it is what it is. But it wasn\u2019t to be.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m going to say yes (it should\u2019ve stood) because I scored the goal for one. But for two, we see a lot of teams nowadays doing a similar situation in the box blocking goalkeepers.<\/p>\n
\u2018We analysed Arsenal\u2019s set-pieces before the match and there was a lot of that going on in there. That\u2019s not just to say they do it, everybody does it.<\/p>\n
\u2018If Trossrad\u2019s facing the ball and it\u2019s a genuine challenge. And if you talk about Pablo\u2019s hand on the goalkeeper as an isolated incident, of course it\u2019s a foul. <\/p>\n\n
\n\t\t\t<\/div>Wilson\u2019s goal was disallowed and Arsenal clung on to secure all three points (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u2018But if you look at Trossard not even facing the ball, pushing him, Gabriel pulling his shirt, he\u2019s going to have to stop himself from falling somehow.<\/p>\n
\u2018Whether that\u2019s putting his arm out and then trying to hold on to something, which unfortunately was the goalkeeper\u2019s arm. If that was another player and it stops him from jumping up to head the ball it\u2019s not going to get given as a foul. If that\u2019s a foul then Trossard before it is a foul.\u2019<\/p>\n
Preserving three valuable points meant Arsenal moved a significant step closer to their first league title in 22 years at the expense of Manchester City who will be powerless to prevent their rivals\u2019 coronation even if they win their last three games, starting with a home fixture against Crystal Palace tonight. <\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola believes, however, that the best way to avoid VAR controversies is to win convincingly.<\/p>\n
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Was VAR right to rule out Callum Wilson’s goal? <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Guardiola feels his City side have been on the wrong end of contentious calls in the past and is still aggrieved by decisions in the FA Cup final defeats of 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n
The City boss wants his players to take VAR out of the equation by playing well enough to remove doubt.<\/p>\n
The City manager said: \u2018We lost the two finals of the FA Cup because the referees didn\u2019t do their jobs they should do, even the VAR.<\/p>\n
\u2018When this happens it is because we have to do better, not the referees or VAR. I never trust anything since I arrived a long time ago. Always I learned you have to do it better, do it better, be in a position to do it better because you blame yourself with what you have to do, because (VAR) is a flip of a coin.<\/p>\n
Guardiola added: \u2018You have to do better and better for yourself, and that is focusing on Crystal Palace for us.<\/p>\n
\u2018Of course it is not in our hands in the Premier League. Always I say to the players, \u2018Do it, do it, do it better\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018I always learned that when you lose the focus, you are in a dangerous situation.<\/p>\n
\u2018The only thing we can do is do it better, that is only in your control.\u2019<\/p>\n
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