Arsène Wenger blamed a “scandalous” penalty decision and his own team’s lack of killer instinct for a damaging 2-1 defeat at Watford. Arsenal looked on course for victory thanks to Per Mertesacker’s first Premier League goal for nearly four years but ended up leaving Vicarage Road empty-handed after Tory Deeney equalised from the spot and Tom Cleverley struck a winning goal in stoppage time. Neil Swarbrick awarded the second-half penalty in the belief that Richarlison had been fouled by Héctor Bellerín but Wenger insisted any contact had been negligible. “The decision on the penalty is a bit ridiculous and then we panicked a bit for their second goal and in the end we stand...
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