Refereeing calls have cost the Gunners four points and the 1932 FA Cup

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They say bad luck always comes in threes, and that’s something Arsenal can tell you all about. Last night, they conceded a very soft penalty to Eden Hazard and Chelsea, a decision that comes hot on the heels of the generous spot-kick awarded against them last weekend at West Bromwich Albion, and Jack Allen’s equaliser for Newcastle United in the 1932 FA Cup final which was converted from a cross delivered behind the line. Those three questionable refereeing calls have cost the Gunners four points in the race for European football next season, as well as an FA Cup. When will they get their fair share of payback breaks?! According to the what-goes-around-comes-around cycle, not until the year 2104, by which time Arsène Wenger will have been 108 years in the job. Yes, it already seems like that now, doesn’t it.

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