Full transcript of VAR audio for Anthony Gordon’s controversial winner vs Arsenal

The complete transcript of the VAR audio for Anthony Gordon’s controversial objective in opposition to Arsenal has been launched.

AR1: Staying in staying in! Nonetheless in, nonetheless in, nonetheless in!

REF: No, no, they’re going to examine. They’re going to examine.

VAR: Stu (referee Stuart Atwell), are you able to affirm your on-field resolution, please?

REF: Mads (VAR Andy Madley), on-field resolution is objective. The ask on the pitch is for ball out of play on the objective line.

VAR: Confirmed, Stuart. Checking on-field resolution of objective.

So I am concerned with… I would such as you to go to GLT (goal-line expertise). Have you ever bought a GLT digital camera there?

RO: It isn’t going to be in there. We are able to go to this one (reverse digital camera).

VAR: Okay yep, that is fantastic.

REF: And Burty (AVAR Stuart Burt), regular contact on the problem on the again submit.

VAR: Cease it at that time, thanks, thanks.

VAR: So Stu, are you able to check out this as nicely earlier than we go to examine the objective? For me, I’ve no conclusive proof that that ball is out.

AVAR: No, I agree. You may’t go on that angle. Though it appears out, you have bought the curvature of the ball.

VAR: Okay go two frames ahead, you possibly can see the ball is already again in play/on the road. In order that’s fantastic, run that by please.

AVAR: Proper, now you have bought a problem on the again submit.

VAR: Now doing a possible examine on Gabriel. So have you ever bought excessive behind (the objective – digital camera angle). I do not see a particular foul on Gabriel. I see two fingers on his again however I do not see something of a push that warrants him flying ahead like that

AVAR: Proper Stuart there is a potential, there’s a potential for handball but it surely’s not the goalscorer giving the handball.

VAR: No, it isn’t the goalscorer and it isn’t deliberate. Proper Stuart (Burt, assistant VAR) I want you to have a look at the display. So I am seeing the ball comes off Joelinton with no particular foul there. Are you able to simply affirm that the participant is onside as nicely when it comes off Joelinton?

RO: Simply on the lookout for a greater angle to search out the purpose of contact for you.

VAR: And we simply must examine that he’s in an onside place then as we run it by.

RO: Struggling to discover a level of contact right here.

VAR: Okay, okay, hold happening, roll that ahead, roll that ahead. Okay, so it will be off Joelinton’s hip probably.

Okay so roll that ahead, are you cheerful that’s the greatest level of contact that we have?

AVAR: Yep, from the angles that now we have accessible.

VAR: So examine the offside now.

Okay so he is clearly on, taking a look at Gabriel’s physique place in there, his shoulder.

AVAR: Yeah, however you have bought the second rearmost is the goalkeeper.

VAR: Yeah, that is proper. Yeah.

AVAR: So now, you have to determine, since you’ve bought… I do not know the place the ball is as a result of the ball is being hidden from Joelinton right here. So you do not know the place the ball is. And you have got no conclusive proof of Gordon being forward of the ball.

So with the reverse angle that you’ve, you have not bought any alternative there of the place the ball is. What that in my view, you must award the objective in my view.

VAR: So we go examine full on the objective? So on-field resolution is objective, yeah?

VAR: Stuart, it is Mads. We’re confirming the on-field resolution of objective. On-field resolution of objective.