Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas throws pitchside VAR monitor to the ground in draw vs Sevilla

Celta Vigo's Iago Aspas gestures during a LaLiga game against Real Betis in October 2023.
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Arsenal are not the only team unhappy with VAR this weekend. Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas angrily threw a pitchside monitor to the ground after a late penalty decision for the Galicians was overturned against Sevilla in LaLiga on Saturday.

Aspas had set up Swedish centre-back Carl Starfelt to give Celta the lead after 22 minutes, but the former Liverpool striker was substituted following a red card for Renato Tapia in the second half.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.