Mikel Arteta FUMES facing the decision to annul Alexandre Lacazette’s goal in the loss to Leicester

Mikel Arteta has expressed his frustration at Alexandre Lacazette’s decision to disallow the goal after Arsenal lost 1-0 to Leicester.

Arteta thought his team had taken an early lead at Emirates Stadium when Lacazette headed a Dani Ceballos corner on goal, but the goal was disallowed as Granit Xhaka was in an offside position.

Despite jumping over the ball, the referee and his officials felt that Xhaka blocked the view of Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel.

Mikel Arteta says he does not understand how Alexandre Lacazette’s goal was annulled

The decision stumped the Arsenal bench during the match and Arteta was unhappy with the call from referee Craig Pawson and the VAR team.

Arteta said: ‘I’m really disappointed. We had it in our hands in the first half and I don’t know how the hell the goal was canceled.

“To be fair, I am very satisfied with the first half and the way we pushed and the aggression we showed against a team that is very capable of breaking that pressure and creating chances against you.

Lacazette headed off a Dani Ceballos corner in the first five minutes but Granit Xhaka was offside

“We were very much on top of the game, we restricted them to nothing. We scored a goal from the set piece, I don’t know how it was disallowed ”.

Leicester substitute Jamie Vardy came in to provide the Foxes with the winning goal in the final 10 minutes of the game to see Arsenal lose 1-0.

To make the night worse, Arsenal lost David Luiz and Bukayo Saka to injuries during the second half.

Arteta added: ‘We have lost some players in the last week or so.

“David had a muscle problem and could not continue, so we will have to evaluate him in the next 48 hours.”

Leicester substitute Jamie Vardy provided the Foxes with the winning goal as Arsenal lost 1-0