What's even more unique is that the match between Arsenal vs Newcastle ended without anyone scoring a goal, so there was no additional number of goals for the two teams and that was also an influence for other teams who were following Arsenal at the top of the standings. One more thing is that Newcastle's own number of points is the same as that of Manchester United even though Newcastle have played 18 times and that will be a huge motivation for Manchester United to take the top three from Newcastle.
Arteta argued that Arsenal should be given two penalties which could help them to beat Newcastle United. Anyway it is a controversy only and the match ended, result is final. Nothing can be changed and both team must move onward to continue fighting for their aims in this season.
With Arsenal, it's a trophy and with Newcastle United, it is a position inside top four in order to have a first season in Champions League in
their history. They have never been qualified for Champions League.
The referee's decision cannot be contested, especially now that there is VAR technology to review anything that happens on the field that is outside of the referee's monitoring. Arteta had to be content to see his team draw and lose two points against Newcastle. I think this draw is very fair for both teams, Arsenal have fought hard by dominating the match to get the win, while Newcastle managed to close all the gaps that made Arsenal players frustrated by not being able to break through the solid defense built by Newcastle players. Arsenal and Newcastle certainly want to win in this Big Match match, but whatever the result must be accepted.
If Arsenal scored cleanly from the game, there would be no questions, but the fact that the judges gave Newcastle 1 point is also a fact. Maybe the referees at Arsenal matches wear some special glasses and stop seeing, but they start judging very strangely. Why the refs didn't watch VAR isn't clear. didn't VAR tell the refs that they should have watched the replay? And once there definitely should have been a penalty, I don't agree with Arteta about 2, but there was one penalty for sure.
It's good that they implement VAR steadily, so the referees "screw up" a lot less, no matter what they say.