Art de Roché - The Athletic
Isabella Floyd
Published Apr 06, 2026
Mikel Arteta wants to move forward after the informative process which saw him avoid a ban for his comments after Newcastle United’s controversial goal against his side in November. The Spaniard was initially charged by the FA for calling Anthony Gordon’s winner “a disgrace” with VAR having reviewed three incidents in the build-up, but an independent commission found the FA charge to not be proven. In its written reasons, the commission stated that Arteta’s comments in his post-match interviews “did not, whether viewed individually or in their totality, breach FA Rule E3.”...