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Arteta infuriated by lack of VAR in Europa League as Arsenal denied goal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he "doesn't understand" why Video Assistant Referees are not used in the Europa League after his side were denied what looked like a legal goal against Molde on Thursday evening.

The Gunners beat the Norwegian side 4-1 to continue their 100 per cent start to the competition but suffered a scare when the visitors took the lead after 22 minutes courtesy of Martin Ellingsen's strike.

Arsenal thought they had equalised soon after when Nketiah turned in a low cross although it was flagged for offside.

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While Nketiah's team-mate Joe Willock was in an offside position when the ball was played in, he did not make contact with the ball and was not directly involved in the goal.