Conte slams on decisive VAR sent-off after 3-1 defeat to Arsenal

The Gunners ended

undefeated start to the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at Emirates Stadium, moving four points clear of Tottenham at top of the table.

Thomas Partey scored the game's opening goal for

in the 20th minute with a brilliant curling shot before Harry Kane equalized in the 31th-minute from the penalty spot. Just four minutes after the break, Jesus scored Arsenal's second goal.

However, VAR decided a straight red card for

for a high challenge on Gabriel Martinelli's ankle, minutes before Xhaka doubled Arsenal’s advantage.

The on-pitch referee Anthony Taylor decided to show the Spurs' defender a straight red card after VAR Jared Gillett briefly checked the decision and agreed with Taylor's call.

The Spurs’ boss

questioned the standard of the VAR in England after the game.

"In England, I have to be honest, it's very difficult because they don't have the same line [threshold],"

said Conte in his post-match press conference

. "Sometimes you see situations that could be a red card instead, or instead a yellow card or no yellow card. They have to work a lot about this.

"In Italy, our referees, on Thursday they stay together, to work with the video to try to improve. I don't know if they do this in England, but I think it's a good idea.

"The level is so high and the VAR has to be a high level. For this reason, every part of this decision has to be top."

The

Italian

coach continued to describe how the sent-off cost Tottenham the game.

"In this period, they scored the third goal. It was really difficult - the red card killed the game,"

added Conte

.

"Not because we remained with 10 men, it was a really offensive team and it took four to five minutes to make the substitutions. It made it difficult to defend."

Conte continued to criticize his side’s

first-half performance

. He added: "

If I had to complain, it was for the first half. We felt the possibility to win the game and we had a lot of chances to exploit much better the situations.

"Every time we overcame the pressure we had a lot of spaces every time. We made a mistake in the last passes. For this reason, the game was imbalanced. The second half we conceded the second goal.

"We could have done much better but in every situation in every goal, but you could do much better there. After a few minutes, the red card killed the game totally. End of the game."

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