Andoni Iraola fumes at referees over Liverpool penalty claim in Arsenal loss: ‘You have to dive’

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Alex [Isak] was just in front of him, he was going to head in front of the goal but couldn't because he had the shirt. I don't understand why they didn't call it, probably because he has not gone to the floor."I think the Gakpo one was not a penalty but the Alex one he was going to head the ball in front of the goalkeeper.

I don't understand why it wasn't called."You have to dive, if you don't dive they won't call it."Expanding on the incident further in an interview on Sky Sports, Iraola said that he would encourage Isak to go down in future in order to win a penalty. “Because he doesn't dive and go to the floor.

Next time, the managers should tell Alex to go to the floor, otherwise they won't call it."Mikel Arteta said he had not watched the incident back in his post-match interview but insisted this did not mean he had no comment.Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk echoed his manager’s outrage and branded the challenge as a “clear penalty”.“I've seen it back and I've seen it being given. Today it wasn't meant to be,” he told Sky Sports."We have 50 cameras.