{"id":15101,"date":"2026-11-11T14:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/liverpool-shouldve-been-awarded-penalty-vs-arsenal-premier-league-panel\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T14:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:32:19","slug":"liverpool-shouldve-been-awarded-penalty-vs-arsenal-premier-league-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/11\/liverpool-shouldve-been-awarded-penalty-vs-arsenal-premier-league-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Should\u2019ve Been Awarded Penalty vs Arsenal \u2014 Premier League Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Premier League panel has revealed two VAR errors were made in Gameweek 9, including the Alexander Isak penalty incident against Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The Key Match Incidents Panel has ruled that Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty due to the striker being pulled back by Jurrien Timber, according to talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>Referee Andy Madley did not award a penalty on-field, while the incident was taken to the video assistant referee Stuart Attwell before being checked and cleared.<\/p>\n<p>The Panel voted 4:1 that the penalty should have been awarded on the field, while a 3:2 vote decided the VAR should have intervened.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Panel unanimously voted that Timber\u2019s challenge did not warrant a red card.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal were leading 1-0 after an early goal from Kai Havertz, which proved to be the only goal of the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following the match, Liverpool manager Andoni Iraola said: \u201cThere is a clear grab of the shirt. Alex was just in front of him. He was going to head in front of the goal, but couldn\u2019t because he grabbed the shirt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he goes to the floor, they call the penalty, 100 per cent. It should be like this, but it is what it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNext time, the managers should tell Alex to go to the floor, otherwise they won\u2019t call it. The answer is you have to dive. If you don\u2019t dive they won\u2019t call it.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Premier League released a statement, which read: \u201cThe panel felt that a penalty should have been awarded for a holding action by Timber on Isak, 4:1. One panellist considered the short-lived holding to lack clear impact on the ability of Isak to progress. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/i-feel-hurt-mac-allister-reveals-pain-over-liverpool-contract-snub\/\">I Feel Hurt  \u2013Mac Allister Reveals Pain Over Liverpool Contract Snub<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority also felt that VAR should have intervened to recommend an on-field review, 3:2, on the basis that it was a clear and obvious error.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo panellists considered that the subjectivity in assessing impact meant this did not meet the high threshold for VAR intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The league says match officials should penalise any holding actions that have a \u2018clear material impact on play\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>They have directed referees to consider multiple factors when determining an offence, including whether a player is \u2018focused solely on an opponent rather than the ball, if they are holding an opponent with both arms and if the holding is sustained or impactful to an opponent or their clothing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On this occasion, the panel have decided that the Arsenal defender\u2019s challenge on the Sweden international met the standards for a holding offence.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Liverpool should have been awarded a penalty kick, both on-field and through VAR intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Premier League panel has revealed two VAR errors were made in Gameweek 9, including the Alexander Isak penalty incident against Arsenal. 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