Dyche devastated by late, late Gunners
Arsene Wenger declared Arsenal’s latest stoppagetime winner against Burnley “a clear penalty” but the decision left opposite number Sean Dyche with a bitter case of deja vu at Turf Moor.
Arsenal have now won their last three games against the Clarets in added time, with another Sanchez spot-kick settling matters at the Emirates in January and a Laurent Koscielny handball breaking Burnley hearts three months earlier.
It was far from a stonewall verdict, with clear contact between James Tarkowski and Aaron Ramsey, but question marks over the extent of the Welshman’s tumble.
“It looked from the outside like a clear penalty,” said the Frenchman, whose side regained a top-four slot. “I can understand if they are disappointed with it but from the outside it looked a penalty.” He was quick to stand firm in defence of Ramsey too, insisting the player’s instinct was to play the ball, not the percentages. Dyche, whose side were clearly superior for the first 45 minutes but only managed to strike a post through Johann Berg Gudmundsson,hadnoqualms about Ramsey’s conduct but could not hide his frustrations. The Burnley boss said: “It probably is a penalty, but my point is we were never not going to get that given, I can assure you. With those calls you have to be 100%, which I assume the referee was.
“I don’t know if anyone’s into stats but I’d be interested to see what someone has to say about that happening three times, home and away.
“Three times involving referee moments.”