In Saturday’s match against Chelsea, Arsenal could have taken more than just a point if VAR had properly intervened, according to experts and fans alike.

The focus is once more on Jarred Gillett, who seems to have a recurring role as VAR in Arsenal’s games, and the decision to not award Arsenal a penalty has sparked much debate.

Arsenal salvaged a 2-0 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday but if VAR had done its duty, they could have left with all three points despite being largely rubbish for most of the game.

Once again, Jarred Gillett was on VAR for an Arsenal match.

With nine Premier League games now completed, the Australian has been VAR for four of Arsenal’s matches, which seems like a bit of a problem.

Darren Cann has been VAR assistant three times, twice alongside Gillett, including in this game.

Michael Oliver as referee and Lee Betts as second assistant have been involved in two Arsenal games in the same role, (although Betts has also been first assistant once, as well) yet, for some reason, Gillett continues to be appointed to Arsenal games, at a higher rate than his colleagues.

Despite Chris Kavanagh looking straight at the incident, he gave nothing.

The VAR decision? No penalty.

Gillett also saw nothing wrong with the Chelsea keeper taking Gabriel Jesus out at head height by smashing into him, nowhere near the ball.

It was a total joke, one PGMOL like to repeat on a weekly basis.

In their analysis of the game, all the pundits on BBC’s Match of the Day agreed it was, without question, a penalty.

Gary Lineker said to Alan Shearer, “You spotted an incident, should Arsenal have had a penalty?” to which Shearer replied “absolutely”.

Alan Shearer feels Arsenal should have had a penalty vs. Chelsea for Robert Sanchez' challenge on Gabriel Jesus :

"Arsenal should have had a penalty. Sanchez wipes out Jesus. Of course, it should have been a penalty!"#CHEARS #PLpic.twitter.com/3DJh5OWTho

— e360hubs football (@e360hub2) October 22, 2023

“It’s very similar to the Onana one earlier in the season,” Lineker adds, as Shearer interrupts with “they should have had a penalty, there’s no doubt.

“I mean Sanchez just comes and he wipes him out. What’s key for me is he actually catches him in the head, look he goes right through him here I see.

“I mean it’s a terrible challenge, how on Earth can the VAR not think that’s a penalty, and the referee!

“He’s nowhere near the ball, clears him out, wipes him out, of course it should have been a penalty.”

Micah Richards, sitting alongside Shearer, concurred with the former Blackburn man, as did host Lineker.

Of course, Gillett did intervene to award Chelsea a penalty after Mudryk headed the ball onto William Saliba’s arm from close range.

Even Chelsea legend, John Terry, said it was the wrong call.