The Premier League's Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel has unanimously voted that Arsenal's Kai Havertz should have been awarded a penalty on-field against Everton. But it was also ruled that the video assistant referee (VAR) was correct not to intervene. Referee Andy Madley allowed play to continue with the VAR, Stuart Attwell, deciding that contact was "minimal". The five members of the KMI Panel all felt Madley should have pointed to the spot, but there was a split 3:2 vote that it "was not a clear and obvious error requiring VAR intervention". But two missed spot-kicks for the opposition have been logged in their favour, in away games at Everton and Brighton.

Source: BBC March 26, 2026 17:48 UTC