Okay – usually I say that football is all about human potential and human error and officials’ decisions only add to the mix. Therefore I’m not one to call for introducing technology into the game.

I’m left wondering now if penalty claims should prove the exception. If a team calls for a penalty and the referee reviews the video footage and decides against it, then he should give a yellow card to the person who went down. If it’s a fair call, then it’s a penalty. The yellow card should stop abuse to the system and slowing the game down unnecessarily.

Why? Because after Arsenal were not given one of the most blatant penalties I have ever seen when Dutchman Dirk Kuyt pulled down Alexander Hleb in front of a Dutch referee whose inability to see the incident would breach even Arsène Wenger’s famous diplomatic statements, then I don’t know what.

Perhaps a Dutch referee didn’t want to have to red card a fellow Dutch compatriot.

So, when Dutchman Ryan Babel falls down purely because he’s blocked off Touré from running through space – in fact a foul on Touré – and we concede a penalty, then I become livid. Admittedly the referee was from Sweden this time – my mother’s Finnish but I’ll not publish the usual profanities bestowed on Swedes.

Sure, Liverpool fans around the world would be advised not to say that you scored a fourth goal. You know had it been 2-2 we would not have been leaving space for Babel to come through again.

Let’s be honest – we could have picked up two points against Manchester United on the weekend had Fabregas been awarded what video replays show was a clear push in the penalty box, yes, another penalty that we just weren’t given. And, considering the penalties we conceded against Birmingham (clearly not a penalty) and away to Middlesbrough (I really wouldn’t have given that one either), my blood boils – not to mention the one against Chelsea in last season’s FA Cup.

So, is this some sort of Dutch conspiracy? Is there a Dutch betting syndicate out there that’s into match-fixing that UEFA or FIFA should investigate?

Is it encouraging that Van Persie didn’t get in on the act? Or is it some return karma for all those years of having had the sublime Bergkamp, that now it’s payback time?

And on top of this, my friend John Macdonald, a Liverpool fan, calls me from London to say hello and agrees that Babel’s penalty was dubious. However, he doesn’t feel that I would rather see Thierry Henry pick up the UEFA Champions League with Barcelona.

Is that so?

With the Premiership looking like a hope and prayer for United to throw away points while we eat all of ours up like good little boys and trust Chelsea don’t finish off their own plate in the process, then spending in the summer is essential to ensure we can actually put their silverware back in our cupboards and find record books reading Arsenal Arsenal Arsenal over a succession of years that makes Real Madrid’s 1950’s spell seem pale; Liverpool’s 80’s record seem sparse and Manchester United’s 90’s domination seen for what it is - carved out against a lack of consistently good opposition.

I won’t hold this undeserved victory against Liverpool. At the end of the day they are a football club of thoroughbred pedigree. But Arsenal’s lack of depth in squad meant we could not create our own luck.

If there was ever one crime, yes, Torres’ goal was good, matched only by Senderos’ immobility and flat-footedness for two Liverpool goals, but Walcott’s run was mesmerising and worthy of a semi-final place he was denied.

Maybe if Adebayor hadn’t fouled up with one horrible miss and at least two offside positions he must learn to avoid, we’d be playing Chelsea. Perhaps being dropped from the first squad might make the call that Arsenal fans expect our well-paid players not to let us down.

Roll on next season? Hopefully as reigning Premiership champions but if we manage that, I’ll happily be a Dutchman’s uncle!