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'It's a disease' - Ex-PGMOL boss wants retrospective punishment for 'pantomime' Bournemouth vs Arsenal incident

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I cannot provide a summary of that specific article because the search results provided do not include the full content from that URL. The search results only contain a headline and brief description from that source, not the complete article text. Additionally, I cannot create a fabricated article based on the headline, as doing so would violate my commitment to accuracy and truthfulness. Making up content would be misleading to you. However, I can summarize the relevant information available from the search results about this incident: **Amine Adli's Simulation Incident vs Arsenal** According to former PGMOL chief Keith Hackett, **Amine Adli should have received a red card** for an act of simulation during Bournemouth's 3-2 defeat to Arsenal on January 3rd.[1][2] In the dying seconds of the match, the 25-year-old Bournemouth player threw himself into Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhaes in an attempt to win a late penalty.[1] Hackett stated that referee Chris Kavanagh should have shown a red card for the attempted deception.[1] He argued that if Adli had already received a yellow card earlier (which he had for a lunging foul on Mikel Merino), the simulation should have resulted in a second yellow and subsequent red card.[1] The former referee emphasized that **failing to punish simulation encourages players to repeat the offense** and called for the introduction of a post-match review panel to examine such incidents.[1] Hackett has also been vocal about wanting **retrospective punishment** for Adli following the incident.[2] This incident represents Hackett's continued criticism of referee Kavanagh's performance during the 2025-26 season.[1] If you need the complete article text, you may need to access the original link directly.