The Premier League's Key Match Incidents (KMI) panel has ruled that Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty against Arsenal for a shirt pull on Alexander Isak. The striker appeared to be pulled back by Jurrien Timber as he went for the ball.
The on-field decision of no penalty was checked by VAR, but they agreed with the original call. The panel have now voted 4:1 that a penalty should have been awarded.
VAR intervention debated
The panel also voted 3:2 that VAR should have intervened in the decision. The two said that the "subjectivity in assessing impact" was why VAR were right not to get involved.
The panellist who voted the incident as not a penalty outlined the "short-lived holding to lack clear impact on the ability of Isak to progress".
Match context
Liverpool were 1-0 down at the time, thanks to Kai Havertz's 16th-minute goal. That strike was the decisive one of the match.
