Villa came out as 1-0 winners over the Gunners at Villa Park, to record a record 15th straight home victory. But they did survive a late scare when Kai Havertz had an injury-time goal ruled out for handball.
After the German had put the ball in the back of the net, his celebrations were cut short by the referee’s whistle. VAR confirmed the decision to rule the goal out for handball. But it’s a rule that neither Wright nor Gary Lineker agree with.
“The ball was so close to everybody, it’s hit Matty Cah’s hand, it’s hit Havertz’s hand, but the law says that it cannot hit your hand anywhere and it leads to the goal you score,” Wright said on Match of the Day.
“It’s the most ridiculous law.”
Lineker added: “Why are we trying to stop goals? Teh people who make the laws of the game, why are they doing that?”
That prompted Wright to answer with: “The most ridiculous law in all of laws, not just football law, all law in the whole world of law, the multiverse and everything. It’s ridiculous.”
The former Arsenal man also had his say on an Arsenal penalty shout earlier in the second half. The Gunenrs called for a spot kick after a challenge from Douglas Luiz on Gabriel Jesus, but the referee waved away appeals and the decision was ratified by VAR.
“I thought it should have been a penalty in the way that penalties are given nowadays with the minimum amount of contact,” Wright said. “I think he gets the ball there, he’s going to collect it again, he can maybe go and get it again.
“When you look here, he’s clipped it there, there’s the contact. They’re saying that’s minimum contact, but I’m seeing penalties given for minimal contact.”
Lineker again added: “I think it’s one of those where if he’d have given it on the pitch, they wouldn’t have turned it over.
Fellow pundit Jermaine Jenas also said: “It’s exactly that, I don’t think it’s a penalty, but I’m with Wrighty in the fact that I’ve seen them given, so I can understand the frustration definitely.”
Wright continued to show his frustration when speaking about a decision to award Crystal Palace a penalty vs Liverpool. When Jenas asked what the difference was between the two incidents, Wright replied with: “Exactly. It’s because they haven’t got a clue in respect to the law so that one’s a penalty and that one isn’t.
“It’s pointless even arguing. Pathetic.”
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