3 w. ago Eberechi Eze goal saw 'petrified VAR panic' as Alan Shearer slams latest 'mess'

Eberechi Eze fired Arsenal to a 4-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday afternoon - becoming the first player to score a hat-trick in a North London Derby since Alan Sunderland in 1978.

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3 w. ago Spurs news: Guglielmo Vicario points out inconsistency as Premier League explain why Arsenal goal stood

Eberechi Eze’s first goal in Arsenal’s win over Tottenham was allowed to stand despite previous examples suggesting it should have been disallowed

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3 w. ago Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze finds own plane just above ground level to sink Spurs | Barney Ronay

The England forward has made a decent start to his Emirates career but this performance was stick-it-on-a-mural stuffHas there ever been a softer, more delicate act of derby day brutality than this, a hat-trick in a 4-1 win where every goal must have felt like being bludgeoned to death with a feather‑light Parisian macaron?Eberechi Eze’s third goal, the killer, the legend-maker, was the funniest, and also the most telling. It was made by a thrust down the left, and by Leandro Trossard’s smart pass. But it was made as an aesthetic by Destiny Udogie falling over, not because of any real act of trickery, but because Eze stopped suddenly, out there in the middle of all that heat and light, taking the ball on the edge of the Spurs box and simply ceasing to move, like a squirrel on a branch. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why was Eberechi Eze’s first goal against Tottenham allowed to stand?

VAR checked Eze’s first goal after there were Arsenal players in offside positions but ruled they did not make an impact

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3 w. ago Tottenham given instant verdict and told Arsenal goal should have been DISALLOWED

Tottenham endured a woeful opening 45 minutes against fierce rivals Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium but they might have had some real complaints about the legality of Eberechi Eze's goal

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3 w. ago Liverpool fans fume as 'offside' Eberechi Eze goal for Arsenal 'looked at and dismissed'

Liverpool fans were left seething at referee chiefs as Eberechi Eze's "offside goal" was "looked at and dismissed" by VAR in the north London derby

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