{"id":41087,"date":"2025-11-08T17:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41087"},"modified":"2025-11-08T17:39:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T17:39:54","slug":"c8r044gen43oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/08\/c8r044gen43oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal 1-1 Chelsea: Renee Slegers calls for VAR in WSL after disallowed goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Despite the euphoria of watching Alessia Russo score an 87th-minute goal to grab a 1-1 draw with champions Chelsea, Arsenal manager Renee Slegers was clinical in her assessment of the controversial decisions that went against her side.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And she said video assistant referees (VAR) should be introduced in the Women&#8217;s Super League to bring &#8220;justice&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eight minutes into the second half, Stina Blackstenius thought she had cancelled out Alyssa Thompson&#8217;s opening goal for Chelsea with a thunderous finish following a corner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the Emirates Stadium was left in a state of confusion when play restarted with Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton taking a free-kick inside her box, rather than her team-mates taking the kick-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It transpired referee Melissa Burgin had ruled Blackstenius had handled the ball, though replays showed it had clearly struck her thigh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The second &#8220;abysmal decision&#8221; &#8211; to quote former England international Izzy Christiansen on Sky Sports &#8211; came when Frida Maanum had scored what could have been a 90th-minute winner for Arsenal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That goal was ruled out for offside, with initial replays inconclusive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Slegers was pragmatic about the &#8220;big&#8221; decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;A lot of respect for referees because it&#8217;s not easy,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking at video. If you ask me, we need justice and that&#8217;s why I think VAR and technology can help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to elaborate too much but there&#8217;s more and more at stake in the WSL. We have to have a look at how we grow the game in all aspects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">VAR has been utilised in the later stages of the Women&#8217;s FA Cup and is also used in the Women&#8217;s Champions League, but there are no plans yet to bring it into England&#8217;s top flight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While Slegers exuded calm, Christiansen adopted a more combative stance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Arsenal put themselves in a position in that second half that showed signs of a team that were so hungry to get back into the game,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What they did was exceptional from start to finish in that second half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They scored two goals that have been disallowed. That game should have finished 3-1 to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They were two absolutely abysmal decisions. I think it&#8217;s cost them and they have been robbed. There&#8217;s no other way to put it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Arsenal #Chelsea #Renee #Slegers #calls #VAR #WSL #disallowed #goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the euphoria of watching Alessia Russo score an 87th-minute goal to grab a 1-1 draw with champions Chelsea, Arsenal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41089,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41087\/revisions\/41089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}