Arteta: 'No way' Everton penalty call was right

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has said determination is "no way" Everton should person been awarded a punishment successful Saturday's 1-1 gully astatine Goodison Park.

David Moyes' broadside enactment different dent successful Arsenal's faltering Premier League rubric hopes erstwhile Iliman Ndiaye converted a second-half spot-kick to cancel retired Leandro Trossard's earlier onslaught connected Merseyside.

Referee Darren England awarded the punishment aft Myles Lewis-Skelly appeared to bring down Jack Harrison wrong the area, with the Video Assistant referee (VAR) Stuart Atwell choosing not to overturn the onfield decision. However, replays showed the interaction from Lewis-Skelly appeared to beryllium minimal, and Arteta voiced his vexation with the determination aft the match.

"The referee decides to springiness a punishment that changes the people of the game," Arteta said. "I'm present to springiness my sentiment and, aft seeing it 15 times, determination is nary mode successful my sentiment that is simply a punishment due to the fact that if it is past [Jake] O'Brien has to beryllium out, and Everton person to play with 10 men. That's clear."

Arsenal are present 11 points adrift of league leaders Liverpool, who could widen their vantage with a triumph implicit Fulham connected Sunday.

Arteta volition rapidly person to prime his players up up of Tuesday night's Champions League quarterfinal archetypal limb against Real Madrid astatine the Emirates.

"It's 1 of the astir beauteous games you tin play successful football," Arteta said of Tuesday's match. "In the highest European contention against the squad that dominated that contention the past 20-25 years, truthful we're truly looking guardant to it."

Saturday's effect moves Everton up to 14th successful the Premier League array and 12 points wide of the relegation zone.

"I'm truly satisfied," Everton brag David Moyes said successful his postmatch quality conference. "We didn't commencement good but we showed a small spot much successful the 2nd fractional which got america backmost successful the game. It's been a hard week. We've had the squad astatine the apical of the Premier League, the squad who's 2nd successful the league, and I deliberation we've fixed them some decent games."

He added: "Obviously mathematically we're not harmless yet but I'm hoping to instrumentality a sojourn to the [new] stadium this week which would bespeak that I deliberation we're beauteous close. I privation america to support getting acceptable present for Premier League shot [next season]. I cognize we've got a spot to do, and I anticipation I'm not speaking excessively soon."