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Bukayo Saka and his Arsenal teammates were furious after being denied a penalty in the dying seconds of the Champions League tie against Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Substitute Leandro Trossard came on to score the Gunners’ equalizer 15 minutes from time, but there were calls for them to have a chance to take the lead in next week’s second leg.
Saka burst into the German penalty area and appeared to avoid goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, but the goalkeeper tackled him and the referee quickly ruled out the shot.
Saka was seen confronting the Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg after the full-time whistle blew, but the incident has left experts divided over whether or not the right decision was made.
TNT Sports experts Rio Ferdinand and Martin Keown were left in disbelief at the referee’s decision not to penalize Arsenal.
Bukayo Saka was outraged that Arsenal were not awarded a penalty in stoppage time against Bayern.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer appeared to have brought down Saka, but the referee ruled it out.
The Arsenal winger falls to the ground collapsed but shortly after the final whistle sounded
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Former Arsenal defender Keown said: “Neuer really goes towards that ball, comes out and makes the challenge.” For me that’s a penalty all day long.”
Fernando added incredulously: ‘How come that hasn’t happened? With the VAR, with everything, I can’t believe it hasn’t happened.”
He felt that Saka was Arsenal’s “most dangerous player”, and that the Gunners had played “very well” at times during the 2–2 draw, noting that “they were the team that pushed towards the end to get the result”.
However, on commentary, Ally McCoist accused Saka of “throwing his foot”, before adding: “The referee could have got it right, because I don’t think Saka needs to throw his right leg at him.”
The Scottish football icon added: “He definitely got there first but there’s one element – he throws his right leg at him.”
Co-commentator Owen Hargreaves also agreed with McCoist’s take on the controversial incident.
Immediately after the match, Trossard told TNT Sports: “On the field, it felt like a penalty to me.” “I haven’t seen the replay, but to me it seemed like it was a clear contact.”
Speaking after the match, Mikel Arteta responded diplomatically: “I haven’t seen it.” “The decision has already been made, we cannot change it.”
Leandro Trossard, scorer of Arsenal’s second goal, said he felt it was a penalty
He added that he can sympathize with Saka’s reaction “if he thought it was a penalty, for sure.”
The match ended 2-2, leaving the match well prepared for next Wednesday’s second leg at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Saka and Trossard scored the goals for Arsenal, and Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane scored for Bayern Munich, the latter from a penalty.
