{"id":292361,"date":"2023-09-24T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=292361"},"modified":"2023-09-24T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:34:00","slug":"ange-postecoglou-quips-armless-defenders-are-needed-after-handball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglou-quips-armless-defenders-are-needed-after-handball\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou quips &apos;armless defenders&apos; are needed after handball"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou quips &#8216;armless defenders&#8217; are the only way to avoid giving away penalties for handball after Cristian Romero incident in the North London Derby draw at Arsenal<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Ange Postecoglou quipped &#8216;armless defenders&#8217; would stop handball penalties<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>His Tottenham side conceded a spot kick in their 2-2 draw at Arsenal on Sunday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou quipped that \u2018armless defenders\u2019 are the only way to avoid conceding handball penalties.<\/p>\n<p>At 1-1 in the North London derby, the ball struck Spurs defender Cristian Romero\u2019s arm from a Ben White shot and handball was given after a VAR intervention. Bukayo Saka converted the penalty. Postecoglou was baffled by the handball rule, citing the penalty given to Luton on Saturday against Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018I couldn\u2019t see it but I\u2019ve got no idea about the handball rule. I really don\u2019t. I saw the one at Wolves and it just seems if it hits your hand it\u2019s a penalty, and then other times if it hits your hand, it isn\u2019t a penalty. I\u2019ve got no idea. It is the one rule in the game I just don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Unless we start developing armless defenders I don\u2019t know how you are supposed to block things and be in a natural position.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You kind of hope these things even themselves out over the course of a year but I don\u2019t understand the handball rule. I have said that to referees in the past and I don\u2019t know how they see it to be honest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/24\/22\/75786827-12555625-Ange_Postecoglou_quipped_that_armless_defenders_are_needed_to_av-a-13_1695591821096.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ange Postecoglou quipped that \u2018armless defenders\u2019 are needed to avoid conceding penalties<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/24\/22\/75787179-12555625-The_ball_struck_Cristian_Romero_s_arm_from_a_Ben_White_shot_and_-a-14_1695591821101.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ball struck Cristian Romero\u2019s arm from a Ben White shot, and VAR gave a handball call<\/p>\n<p>Spurs came from behind twice, thanks to Son Heung-min\u2019s goals, to secure a draw against their arch-rivals and Postecoglou was full of praise for the fight his side showed in the face of adversity.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m really pleased,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s a tough place to come. Not much went our way today, we conceded an unlucky own goal and a VAR penalty, so not a lot falling in our favour.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m pleased with the real character and resilience we showed, the belief in the team we want to be, even though at times today it was difficult to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They kept persevering and persevering and that\u2019s a credit to them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta was left ruing the timing of conceding the second goal, and a Gabriel Jesus miss in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are very disappointed not to earn the three points,\u2019 said Arteta. \u2018We had control of the game, could have made it 2-0 and then concede the goal and you have to bounce back.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/24\/22\/75787201-12555625-Mikel_Arteta_was_left_ruing_the_timing_of_conceding_the_second_g-a-15_1695591821174.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta was left ruing the timing of conceding the second goal, and a Gabriel Jesus miss<\/p>\n<h3>So should it have been a penalty?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>YES &#8211; MARTIN KEOWN<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The moment the first replay was shown, fans around the world will have known a penalty was coming. The current version of the handball law has been in place long enough to know that the VAR will view that as Cristian Romero\u2019s hand being in an unnatural position. His hand ultimately stops the ball from going in the back of net. If that\u2019s not a handball, I don\u2019t know what is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>NO &#8211; CHRIS SUTTON<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure all Arsenal fans will say this was a penalty but Martin, as a former defender, where is Cristian Romero supposed to put his arm when he\u2019s throwing himself at a shot like this? It\u2019s last ditch. It\u2019s three yards out. It\u2019s split-second stuff. Romero\u2019s arm is in a natural position for the block he is trying to make. Ben White is shooting from an incredibly close distance. 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