Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid ref watch: Three decisions Daniel Siebert got wrong including first-half penalty shout
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Arsenal’s victory over Atletico kept their hopes of a double at the end of the season alive, while Football Insider picked out three errors from referee Daniel Siebert throughout the 90 minutes. ⚽ Arsenal Matchday ⚽ Team news, line-ups, expert verdicts and previews, and tactical analysis for every Gunners fixture. The Gunners delivered the ball into the box from deep on their left wing, and while the cross sailed through and safely into the gloves of Oblak, an incident in the middle of the box caught attention.ArsenalStatsAtletico54%Possession46%1.58xG0.52Shots on Target22Big Chances120Touches in Opposition Box205Corners2The final stats from Arsenal’s win vs Atletico, as per Fotmob.Riccardo Calafiori was trying to break free of his marker and meet the delivery to turn it goalward, but he was dragged to the ground by Marcos Llorente, who made no attempt to play the ball himself.Arsenal’s appeals were swiftly waved away by Siebert on the pitch, while the VAR team also saw no reason to step in and make him review his decision.
The officiating team paid little attention to Arsenal’s appeals, but they seemingly had a strong case that they should have been awarded a spot-kick.Viktor Gyokeres left frustrated by rough treatmentViktor Gyokeres worked tirelessly all night for Arsenal at the top of the pitch, and it was his run that stretched the compact Atletico defence in the build-up to the goal.The Swedish striker got plenty of joy playing with his back to goal, and he withstood some rough treatment from the visitors’ centre-halves throughout the evening.The best example of that came in the 32nd minute, when he was bundled over by David Hancko on the touchline right in front of Diego Simeone. The referee’s view of the incident left Gyokeres flailing his arms on the floor, and he was right to protest the decision.
Marcos Llorente extremely fortunate to escape yellow cardLlorente was at the heart of Atletico’s efforts to resist Arsenal’s attacking quality at the Emirates, as he turned in an all-action display in the middle of the park. Llorente was also lucky to avoid picking up a yellow card for a challenge on Trossard in the 49th minute, when the Belgian turned away from him in the middle of the Atletico half.The Spaniard pulled the shirt of his opponent as he spun away with the ball, and Siebert penalised the midfielder by awarding a free-kick to the opposition.