{"id":294345,"date":"2023-11-06T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294345"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:23:59","slug":"arsenal-boss-jonas-eidevall-accused-of-bullying-fourth-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/arsenal-boss-jonas-eidevall-accused-of-bullying-fourth-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall accused of &apos;BULLYING&apos; fourth official"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall accused of &#8216;BULLYING&#8217; fourth official Melissa Burgin by Man City counterpart Gareth Taylor during the Gunners&#8217; 2-1 Women&#8217;s Super League victory<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arsenal beat Man City 2-1 on Sunday after Stina Blackstenius netted late winner<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gunners boss Jonas Eidevall was accused of &#8216;bullying&#8217; the fourth official\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester City manager Gareth Taylor has accused Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall of &#8216;bullying&#8217; the fourth official during their Women&#8217;s Super League match on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor made the claim after the Gunners&#8217; 2-1 victory, in which Stina Blackstenius netted a late winner following an error from keeper Khiara Keating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two managers were involved in some heated exchanges during the match, which saw City suffer their first defeat of the domestic season.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said he was &#8216;protecting&#8217; fourth official Melissa Burgin because of Eidevall&#8217;s behaviour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That is always the same with him because he is constantly at the fourth official and I think it is bullying,&#8217; Taylor told the BBC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/10\/77451185-0-image-a-2_1699265552196.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall has been accused of &#8216;bullying&#8217; the fourth official on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/10\/77451209-0-image-a-1_1699265546393.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man City manager Gareth Taylor made the claims after the pair were involved in some heated exchanges<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I am protecting the fourth official but that&#8217;s not my job.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Eidevall was not spoken to by the referee about his conduct during the win and Arsenal have not commented on the matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners opened the scoring through Steph Catley before Keating saved a Kim Little penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Chloe Kelly brought things level in the 72nd minute, but the Gunners sealed the win three minutes from time after Blackstenius capitalised on a misjudgement from Keating &#8211; as the City keeper rushed out to deal with a long ball from Katie McCabe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor said: &#8216;I think everyone who saw that game could see we should have won. We are feeling a little bit robbed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a similar story to last season. We created a lot of chances and we&#8217;ve got to be better at the top end of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The performance was very good. We dominated and there was a point when I thought they were out on their feet and there was only one team that was going to win.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/10\/77452299-0-image-a-13_1699267252691.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Taylor said he was &#8216;protecting&#8217; fourth official Melissa Burgin (pictured) during the game<\/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-12715211\/Arsenal-boss-Jonas-Eidevall-accused-BULLYING-fourth-official-Melissa-Burgin-Man-City-counterpart-Gareth-Taylor-Gunners-2-1-Womens-Super-League-victory.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall accused of &#8216;BULLYING&#8217; 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