Every VAR error: How Arsenal escaped red cards and penalties | Flipboard

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Every VAR error: How Arsenal escaped red cards and penalties Arsenal and Chelsea were the biggest beneficiaries of video assistant referee and on-field errors this season.

Propaganda risk 10%

Claims checked 6

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What happened

Every VAR error: How Arsenal escaped red cards and penalties Arsenal and Chelsea were the biggest beneficiaries of video assistant referee and on-field errors this season.

Why it matters

Mikel Arteta's Gunners won the Premier League while becoming the first team to go the whole campaign without receiving a red card or conceding a penalty.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Jurgen Klopp [is a] former Liverpool manager”

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Wikipedia explicitly identifies Jürgen Klopp as a 'former manager' and describes his tenure at Liverpool starting in 2015. This is further supported by BBC reporting him as the 'Former Liverpool manager'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 season was Liverpool Football Club's 131st season in existence and their 61st consecutive season in the top flight of English football. Coming off their 2021–22 campaign, Liverpool compete…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Liverpool_F.C._season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liverpool Football Club is an English association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool won the First Division title for the first time in 1901; overall, the club has won 20 league t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Liverpool_F.C._manager…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jürgen Norbert Klopp (German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈklɔp] ; born 16 June 1967) is a German football executive, former manager and player who is the Head of Global Soccer for Red Bull GmbH. He is wid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jürgen_Klopp

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Claim 2: “becoming the first team to go the whole campaign without receiving a red card”

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Two separate web search results from May 2026 explicitly state that Arsenal are the first team in history to go an entire Premier League season without receiving a red card.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 Premier League was the 31st season of the Premier League and the 124th season of top-flight English football overall. Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest were the three promoted club…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Premier_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Premier League was the 34th season of the Premier League and the 127th season of top-flight English football. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2025. The season consisted of 33 weekend…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Premier_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 Premier League will be the 35th season of the Premier League and the 128th season of top-flight English football overall. The season will start on 22 August 2026 and end on 30 May 2027. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_Premier_League

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Claim 3: “Dana White Says Donald Trump Saved UFC”

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While evidence confirms Dana White's support for Trump and an upcoming UFC event at the White House, none of the provided sources explicitly contain the quote or statement that Trump 'saved' the UFC.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The year 2026 is the 34th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_UFC

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dana Frederick White Jr. (born July 28, 1969) is an American businessman who is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a global mixed martial arts…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_White

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UFC Freedom 250 (also known as UFC White House and UFC at the White House) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that is scheduled to take place on Jun…
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Claim 4: “Jadon Sancho is finally set to be released from his Manchester United contract”

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Three independent web search results from 4 days ago confirm that Manchester United have announced Jadon Sancho will depart the club as a free agent upon the expiry of his contract.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022–23 season was Manchester United's 31st season in the Premier League and their 48th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. This was the club's first season under the managem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022–23_Manchester_United_F.C.…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jadon Malik Sancho (born 25 March 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger. Previously a youth player with Watford and Manchester City, Sancho signed his first senior contract…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2021–22 season was Manchester United's 30th season in the Premier League and their 47th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. On 27 August 2021, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021–22_Manchester_United_F.C.…

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Claim 5: “Mikel Arteta's Gunners won the Premier League”

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Multiple independent news sources (Nypost, France24, Al Jazeera, Theherald) all report that Arsenal won the Premier League.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Arsenal won the Premier League
https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/betting/2026-fifa-world-cup-mo…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Arsenal has won the Premier League
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/5/20/arsenal-f…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — for the first time in 22 years, Arsenal have won the Premier League.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20260520-a…

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Claim 6: “becoming the first team to go the whole campaign without... conceding a penalty”

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Multiple web search results from May 2026 confirm that Arsenal are the first team in Premier League history to complete a season without conceding a penalty.

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