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title: "Arsenal fans furious as VAR fails to award a penalty against Bournemouth"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Articles"
published: "2019-10-07T11:00:30Z"
modified: "2019-10-07T11:00:30Z"
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# Arsenal fans furious as VAR fails to award a penalty against Bournemouth

Arsenal fans have once again vented their frustrations towards VAR after the Gunners were not awarded a penalty against Bournemouth.

Nicolas Pepe appeared to be taken down inside the box by Bournemouth’s Diego Rico, but no penalty was given.

[As per footage that has been doing the rounds on social media](https://twitter.com/AllArsenal1/status/1180837688234037248?s=20), contact appears to be made inside the area and these fans think that it should’ve been given.

> Twitter: The officials don’t even try to hide their hatred for Arsenal anymore ?#AFC #ARSBOU https://t.co/H05u4640kr (@Afcpmg)

> Twitter: @Afcpmg They don’t and never like Arsenal (@aqubesona)

> Twitter: @Afcpmg @ArsenalUltra If it were to be Against Arsenal it will be a penalty both from useless VAR and disgraceful officials. (@Bamideleolaban3)

> Twitter: @Afcpmg Clear penalty, I was shocked when VAR didn’t call it. Did you see mané’s pen on Saturday? This is worse smh ??‍♂️ (@devcalifornia)

> Twitter: @Afcpmg Funny thing is a cheap penalty was awarded to liverpool yesterday. Lol (@Mrbeewang)

### Read Arsenal verdict

These Arsenal fans are all saying the same thing about Sadio Mane’s penalty decision at Anfield on Saturday.

That was also a controversial one, but one that turned out in Liverpool’s favour.

VAR checked it during the final minutes at Anfield, so it has left these Arsenal fans scratching their head a little. They clearly didn’t see enough contact on Pepe to warrant a penalty.

Perhaps a different angle than the one that these Arsenal fans have seen could show the incident in a different light, but that doesn’t take away from the frustrations of these supporters.

VAR has been a controversial addition to the Premier League and the odd inconsistencies in the decision making process is not helping supporters.