{"id":296756,"date":"2023-11-12T00:25:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=296756"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:25:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T00:25:56","slug":"michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Oliver takes ball to face&#8230; but wins praise from Mikel Arteta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Heads up! Referee Michael Oliver takes ball to the face at full-time in Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley in comical moment&#8230; and even wins praise from Mikel Arteta despite last week&#8217;s rant!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Michael Oliver was hit in the face by the ball after Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mikel Arteta praised Oliver&#8217;s officiating after the game &#8211; despite last week&#8217;s rant<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why we should get excited about Cole Palmer &#8211; Listen here to It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing quite like the feeling of getting smacked in the face by a football &#8211; just ask Michael Oliver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That was the referee&#8217;s fate on Saturday afternoon at the end of Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley at the Emirates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oliver had just blown the full-time whistle when Clarets defender Jordan Beyer headed the ball and it looped through the air onto his unsuspecting visage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ball pinged off Oliver&#8217;s head into the atmosphere as he looked startled by the misfortune, but the cameras quickly cut away.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That wasn&#8217;t the only surprise of the day, as Mikel Arteta spoke out in praise of VAR after the call to send off Gunners midfielder Fabio Vieira late in the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/23\/77693015-12738743-image-a-76_1699743634679.jpg\" height=\"727\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Michael Oliver was hit in the face by the ball at the end of Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/23\/77693283-12738743-image-m-89_1699744355879.jpg\" height=\"525\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ball pinged off Oliver&#8217;s head and into the sky (Oliver pictured earlier in the game here)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/23\/77693065-12738743-image-m-78_1699743780387.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite last week&#8217;s rant, Mike Arteta praised the decision to send off midfielder Fabio Vieira<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/23\/77693137-12738743-image-a-79_1699744098398.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vieira was sent off late in the game for his dangerous foul on Burnley man Josh Brownhill<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/23\/77693129-12738743-image-a-80_1699744122559.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arteta had no complaints after Vieira left Brownhill in pain late on at the Emirates Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>It is only a week since the Spaniard branded the officiating in their 1-0 loss to Newcastle a &#8216;disgrace&#8217; and &#8217;embarrassing&#8217; after Anthony Gordon&#8217;s goal stood following intensive VAR checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, he agreed with the decision to dismiss Vieira after his\u00a0dangerous challenge on Josh Brownhill, saying: &#8216;With the red card yes, thank you for asking me, VAR was right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The referee was right. Really good decision. Really positive for Mikel to speak positively about that. Yeah, good decision&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It marks something of a reconciliation between Arteta and officials after his livid rant following the Newcastle game, during which it took four minutes to review Gordon&#8217;s goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then again, he had plenty of reasons to be happy as his side drew level on points with league leaders Manchester City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leandro Trossard, William Saliba, and Oleksandr Zinchenko were on the scoresheet to overwhelm Vincent Kompany&#8217;s Burnley, who could only manage one goal via Josh Brownhill.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zinchenko stunned the crowd when he scored a scissor-kick volley to help the north Londers back to winning ways in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured you wouldn&#8217;t have wanted your face in the way of that strike.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12738743\/Heads-Referee-Michael-Oliver-takes-ball-face-time-Arsenals-3-1-win-Burnley-comical-moment-wins-praise-Mikel-Arteta-despite-weeks-rant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up! Referee Michael Oliver takes ball to the face at full-time in Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley in comical moment&#8230; and even wins praise from Mikel Arteta despite last week&#8217;s rant! Michael Oliver was hit in the face by the ball after Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley Mikel Arteta praised Oliver&#8217;s officiating after the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Oliver takes ball to face... but wins praise from Mikel Arteta - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Oliver takes ball to face... but wins praise from Mikel Arteta - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Heads up! Referee Michael Oliver takes ball to the face at full-time in Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley in comical moment&#8230; and even wins praise from Mikel Arteta despite last week&#8217;s rant! Michael Oliver was hit in the face by the ball after Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley Mikel Arteta praised Oliver&#8217;s officiating after the&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-12T00:25:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Michael-Oliver-takes-ball-to-face...-but-wins-praise-from-Mikel-Arteta.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/\",\"name\":\"Michael Oliver takes ball to face... but wins praise from Mikel Arteta - Tell My Sport\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-12T00:25:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-12T00:25:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Michael Oliver takes ball to face&#8230; but wins praise from Mikel Arteta\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/\",\"name\":\"Tell My Sport\",\"description\":\"tellmysport.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Michael Oliver takes ball to face... but wins praise from Mikel Arteta - Tell My Sport","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Michael Oliver takes ball to face... but wins praise from Mikel Arteta - Tell My Sport","og_description":"Heads up! Referee Michael Oliver takes ball to the face at full-time in Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley in comical moment&#8230; and even wins praise from Mikel Arteta despite last week&#8217;s rant! Michael Oliver was hit in the face by the ball after Arsenal&#8217;s 3-1 win over Burnley Mikel Arteta praised Oliver&#8217;s officiating after the&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/","og_site_name":"Tell My Sport","article_published_time":"2023-11-12T00:25:56+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Michael-Oliver-takes-ball-to-face...-but-wins-praise-from-Mikel-Arteta.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/","url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/","name":"Michael Oliver takes ball to face... but wins praise from Mikel Arteta - Tell My Sport","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-12T00:25:56+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-12T00:25:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/michael-oliver-takes-ball-to-face-but-wins-praise-from-mikel-arteta\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Michael Oliver takes ball to face&#8230; but wins praise from Mikel Arteta"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/","name":"Tell My Sport","description":"tellmysport.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}