The Gunners were held to just a point at the AMEX Stadium on Saturday (January 4) despite taking the lead in the first half through 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri.
The home side were handed a lifeline in the second period when William Saliba gave away a penalty for colliding with Joao Pedro in the face when attempting to head the ball away. Pedro went on to convert the penalty, which ultimately further damaged Arsenal's hopes of chasing down Liverpool in the title race.
Following the game, Arteta was left raging at Anthony Taylor's decision to hand Brighton a spot-kick and claimed it was the first time in his career that he'd seen a penalty awarded in that particular situation.
Discussing the controversial moment on The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker has again insisted that an appeal system could soon be introduced to football to avoid more contentious refereeing decisions. "It's a costly one for Arsenal because it's cost them a couple of points," the Match of the Day host said.
"But beside all that, I think we've had to say that and it comes back to my point as well about VAR. It's really difficult when you go along the lines of is it enough of a foul?
"I know I'm like an old record on this, but that's why it has to go to an appeal system where the team can go 'hang on a minute, we want to look at that particular thing', and then the referee or the VAR looks at it and they decide whether it is a foul or it is not a foul.
"Because the problem is when you go down the road of it's not quite enough of a foul to turn over a decision, but it is a foul, then it becomes absurd. And I think, I think it's inevitable that it will come at some point, the appeals side of it."
Gary Lineker admitted he believes Mikel Arteta would have appealed Anthony Taylor's decision to award Brighton a penalty
Lineker explained how the potential system could work as he added: "And obviously you maybe have two [appeals]. And you keep your appeal if you're right and you lose it if you don't. So the teams will have to be clever about when they appeal and when they don't appeal. And it also stops them looking at every single incident in the box, every corner that comes in."
When asked by co-host Alan Shearer if he believes Taylor would have overturned his decision if it was appealed by Arteta, Lineker was convinced. "I think they would have done that, Saliba knew, he said straight away.
"'I touched it, I touched it'. He knew and they would have appealed. Then he'd have gone to the monitor and I genuinely think that Anthony Taylor would have changed his mind."
William Saliba gave away a penalty in Arsenal's 1-1 draw with Brighton when headbutting Joao Pedro in the box
Arteta was an incensed man after the game as he took umbrage with Taylor's decision. "I have never seen a decision like this in my career. I asked the boys if they have and nobody has seen it before," the Spaniard said.
"When you look at the incident, the distance, the player, Joao touching the ball, then Saliba touching the ball, you can see contact there. I checked [with the officials]. After three seconds they said they had already checked. It seems quick."
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