Arsenal went toe-to-toe with Bayern Munich on Tuesday night, drawing 2-2 in the Champions League quarter-finals.
With no Bayern fans allowed in the stadium for this one, The Emirates Stadium was pulling in one direction as Arsenal hosted the first leg of his quarter-final clash.
Arsenal made a fantastic start as Bukayo Saka fired the Gunners in front, sparking wild celebrations from the Gunners supporters.
Bayern had top players in the final third though and one of them found the leveller as Serge Gnabry returned to score against his foremre club.
Harry Kane rather predictably added his name to the scoresheet, slotting home a penalty to haunt Arsenal once again.
Arsenal rallied after the break though as two substitutes combined; Leandro Trossard the goalscorer, Gabriel Jesus the creator as the Gunners made it 2-2.
Then came the big moment of controversy – and one which has left people divided.
Ian Wright on Bukayo Saka incident
Arsenal wide man Saka went through on goal with mere seconds of the game left to play.
Saka knocked the ball past Neuer but went down with everybody of an Arsenal persuasion screaming for a penalty.
Referee Glenn Nyberg waved for play to continue and Arsenal were left infuriated at the final whistle.
This was a tough call for Nyberg; Saka got to the ball first and there was contact as he attempted to go around Neuer.
The point of contention is whether Saka initiated that contact by dangling out his right leg, or whether Neuer had planted his foot in Saka’s path to bring him down.
Nyberg ruled that there was no infringement and the decision left pundit Rio Ferdinand absolutely baffled.
Arsenal legend Ian Wright has now offered his view, taking to social media to suggest that it wasn’t a penalty at all.
Wright seemingly felt that it was indeed Saka initiating the contact and rather than dwell on the decision, looked ahead to ‘work to do in Munich’.
What has Mikel Arteta said about the Saka incident?
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta spoke to Football London after the final whistle and was unsurprisingly asked about the Saka incident.
Arteta noted that he hadn’t seen a replay at the time of the press conference.
The Spaniard accepted that the decision had been made and Arsenal can’t change it now.
Arteta instead focused on ARsenal’s performance as a whole, suggesting that his players could have done ‘much better’.
“I haven’t seen it. The decision is made. We cannot change that. We have to focus on other aspects that we can control. We could have done much better tonight,” said Arteta.
Arteta will now look to mastermind a win in the second leg with Arsenal heading to the Allianz Arena next week.
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