Tag: Ref

Arsenal to contact Pro Ref over Ezri Konsa penalty incident
14 September 2026 Off

Arsenal to contact Pro Ref over Ezri Konsa penalty incident

By Total Football News

Arsenal will contact refereeing body Pro Ref over the incident in which Ezri Konsa conceded a penalty in Saturday’s win over Sunderland.

Konsa and Black Cats defender Dan Ballard were involved in a physical exchange inside the penalty area in which the Arsenal defender was adjudged to have fouled the Sunderland captain for excessive holding.

After the game Gunners manager Mikel Arteta criticised the decision, and it is understood

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Brentford 1-2 Crystal Palace: Ref tells Eberechi Eze he made mistake over disallowed goal
18 August 2024 Off

Brentford 1-2 Crystal Palace: Ref tells Eberechi Eze he made mistake over disallowed goal

By Total Football News

Crystal Palace striker Eberechi Eze said the referee told him he made an error as the official’s “monumental mistake” denied the forward a brilliant goal in his side’s loss to Brentford.

Eze found the net directly from a wide free-kick with the match goalless, but referee Sam Barrott had already given a foul after Will Hughes clashed with Nathan Collins.

With the whistle blown before the ball entered the goal,

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