Mikel Arteta forced to pull back fuming Arsenal set piece coach after Declan Rice corner routine goes wrong
MIKEL ARTETA had to restrain Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover after a corner routine went horribly wrong. The incident occurred at the end of their 1-0 defeat to PSG in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. RexMIkel Arteta had to hold back a fuming Nicolas Jover[/caption] RexThe set-piece coach lost his cool after a foul was given as Arsenal had a last-gasp corner[/caption] Arteta then started his own argument with the official APGianluigi Donnarumma won the foul after being knocked over by Ben White[/caption] With just a matter of seconds left on the clock, Declan Rice stood over a corner as the Gunners desperately scrambled for an equaliser. Set-piece mastermind Jover walked out to the edge of his technical area and began to gesture towards his players. Rice then whipped the ball in but a foul was given as Ben White nudged PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. It made Jover furious and he angrily confronted the fourth official, seemingly annoyed at a foul being called. Arteta stepped in and had to pull him away from trouble. The TV cameras briefly cut away but by the time they returned to the boss just seconds later, Arteta had started his own row with the fourth official. Fans were unhappy with Jover’s antics and one said: “Set piece coach stinker and sent back to the bench.” Another added: “Mad he thinks he is the manager.” BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS A third wrote: “95th minute, game on the line, and Jover runs out to get his moment in the spotlight.” More commented: “Trying to be the main character too much get to the back.” Yet Jover nearly worked his magic when Mikel Merino headed home a Rice free-kick, only for it to be disallowed for offside. Arteta and the rest of his coaching staff were getting increasingly aggravated at what they deemed as PSG time-wasting in the second-half. The manager was seen furiously pointing to his watch as Donnarumma ran the clock down for a 1-0 win. GettyArsenal head to Paris for the second leg 1-0 down[/caption]
MIKEL ARTETA had to restrain Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover after a corner routine went horribly wrong.
The incident occurred at the end of their 1-0 defeat to PSG in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final.
With just a matter of seconds left on the clock, Declan Rice stood over a corner as the Gunners desperately scrambled for an equaliser.
Set-piece mastermind Jover walked out to the edge of his technical area and began to gesture towards his players.
Rice then whipped the ball in but a foul was given as Ben White nudged PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
It made Jover furious and he angrily confronted the fourth official, seemingly annoyed at a foul being called.
Arteta stepped in and had to pull him away from trouble.
The TV cameras briefly cut away but by the time they returned to the boss just seconds later, Arteta had started his own row with the fourth official.
Fans were unhappy with Jover’s antics and one said: “Set piece coach stinker and sent back to the bench.”
Another added: “Mad he thinks he is the manager.”
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A third wrote: “95th minute, game on the line, and Jover runs out to get his moment in the spotlight.”
More commented: “Trying to be the main character too much get to the back.”
Yet Jover nearly worked his magic when Mikel Merino headed home a Rice free-kick, only for it to be disallowed for offside.
Arteta and the rest of his coaching staff were getting increasingly aggravated at what they deemed as PSG time-wasting in the second-half.
The manager was seen furiously pointing to his watch as Donnarumma ran the clock down for a 1-0 win.
