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VAR error cost Brighton penalty against Arsenal

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Gabriel Martinelli was involved in a tussle with Mats Wieffer inside the area and escaped a penalty that could have seen Brighton equalise Brighton should have been awarded a penalty in their 1-0 loss at home to Arsenal on 4 March, the Premier League's Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has said. But the KMI Panel voted 4:1 that a spot-kick should have been awarded on the field, and 3:2 that it was a missed VAR intervention. " It is the second time this season Arsenal have escaped a VAR penalty in an away game they have won 1-0. From this same gameweek, Leeds United should have been given a penalty in their 1-0 loss at home to Sunderland for Luke O'Nien's holding offence on Pascal Struijk. Why did Chelsea escape stronger punishment for hidden payments? Uefa fears impact of Premier League spending rules How can football's lawmakers fix the corner chaos? Jacob Ramsey was sent off when Newcastle trailed Manchester United 1-0, but the Magpies went on to win 2-1 with 10 men The KMI Panel also ruled that Newcastle United forward Jacob Ramsey should not have received a second yellow card in the Magpies' 2-1 win at St James' Park. It was judged on a 3:2 vote that Ramsey's "left foot appears to slip as he goes past the keeper" and that it "wasn't an attempt to deceive the referee".

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