Mikel Arteta seethes at penalty decision against Arsenal - despite 2-0 win sending them top - as he gives awkward interview about 'judo roll' incident: 'I'm so upset. It is unacceptable!'

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta lambasted the 'unacceptable' decision to award Sunderland a penalty in his side's hard-fought 2-0 win over the Black Cats.

Arteta's side maintained their 100 per cent record in their title defence on Saturday night thanks to goals from Bruno Guimaraes and Bukayo Saka, but it could have been a very different story.

The score was 0-0 when Sunderland were awarded a penalty after referee John Brooks adjudged Ezri Konsa to have dragged Dan Ballard to the floor at a Sunderland corner.

After a VAR check, the decision stood, but David Raya dived low to his left to keep out Enzo Le Fee's effort.

The Gunners' goals came after that moment, but that didn't stop Arteta making his feelings on the decision known post-match.

'Yeah it's a huge win, but it could have been something very different,' the Spaniard, who was booked in the game for leaving his technical area, said on TNT Sports.

“It’s not a penalty in any case, in any game, in any context, in any league” 😳

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