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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

'Statue outside the Emirates!' - Arsenal fans love what VAR did for Aubameyang vs Norwich

Arsenal have been on the receiving end of a VAR call this season, but fans are signing it's praises this afternoon.

The Gunners were denied what looked to be a legitimate winner against Crystal Palace at the end of October when Calum Chambers was adjudged to have committed a foul before Sokratis put the ball in the net.

As a result, the hosts dropped two points at home.

Unai Emery was in charge at the time, but he was sacked on Friday morning following a 2-1 loss at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League.

Freddie Ljungberg has been placed in charge for the time being.

And it would appear that the Gunners' luck with VAR has changed.

After falling behind to Teemu Pukki's deflected effort, the visitors were handed a chance to get back in the game when the official pointed to the spot following a handball.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stepped up, but saw his weak shot easily save by Tim Krul.

However, that's when VAR intervened as ordered for the penalty to be retaken as Max Aarons was spotted to have entered the area before the ball was kicked.

Aubameyang made mistake with his second bite at the cherry and sent Krul the wrong way to get the Gunners back on level terms.

Take a look at how some Arsenal fans reacted to the VAR call...

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