

As the Premier League leaders were held to a painful 0-0 draw by Newcastle on Tuesday, Mikel Arteta lamented that Arsenal had been denied two "scandalous penalties." After Jacob Murphy used his arm to block a cross in the penalty area in the final seconds of stoppage time, Arteta was incensed that Arsenal's claim for a penalty kick was denied.
The Arsenal manager also took issue with Dan Burn for pulling the shirt of Gabriel, an Arsenal defender, in the area earlier in the second half. If a penalty had been given for either occasion, Newcastle would have been punished harshly, but Arteta thought Arsenal had been duped. Arsenal unavoidably experienced a small amount of resentment for squandering the opportunity to pull ahead of second-place Manchester City by 10 points before the champions' game in hand against Chelsea on Thursday.