Jamie Carragher agrees with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after a controversial penalty decision caused the Gunners to drop points in the Premier League title race.

We gave the ball away and the penalty decision comes.

I am with Mikel Arteta, I didn't think it was a penalty.



I think the center-back [Jakub] Kiwior leaves the ball to bounce, [Myles] Lewis-Skelly gets himself just caught up with [Jack] Harrison and it looks like a bit of a tangle.

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"But when you look at it, it looked really really soft.

You look at it and you say its not a penalty but its not an absolute howler, and then VAR don't get involved when really its just not a penalty, that's where sometimes I'd like them to get involved, its not about the referee making a horrendous decision, its not a penalty.

Despite their fading Premier League title hopes, Arteta has insisted that morale within the squad remains high as they look to finish the season strong
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